Edward Gaylord Bourne

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Edward Gaylord Bourne, Ph. D. (1860–1908) was an American historian, born in Strykersville, New York, and educated at Yale graduating in 1883 with high honors.

[edit] Publications

Bourne published many critical papers on historical subjects. One of them, "The Legend of Marcus Whitman," is generally considered to have settled the Whitman question.

Bourne published:

• The History of the Surplus Revenue of 1837 (1885)
• Historical Introduction to the Philippine Islands (1903)
• Spain in America (1904)
• Life of J. L. Motley (1905)
• Discovery, Conquest, and History of the Philippine Islands (1907)

Bourne edited:

• Rocher's Spanish Colonial System (1904), and translated The Narrative of De Soto (1904) and The Voyage of Champlain (1905).

[edit] External links

• Works by Edward Gaylord Bourne at Project Gutenberg
• Spain in America at Thayer's American History site