Thomas Gold Appleton

Thomas Gold Appleton

Thomas Gold Appleton (March 31, 1812 – April 17, 1884), son of merchant Nathan Appleton, was an American writer, an artist, and a patron of the fine arts. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was his brother-in-law after he married Appleton's sister Frances.

Appleton was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1831. He was known for his witticisms, one of which, the oft-quoted "Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris", is sometimes attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes. He published some poems and, in prose, "Nile Journal" (1876), "Syrian Sunshine" (1877), "Windfalls" (1878), "Chequer-Work" (1879).

References

*"Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1896." Chicago: Quincy Who's Who, 1963.

External links

* [http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/thomasappleton.html Thomas Gold Appleton] Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography


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