Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932)
- Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932)
Gamaliel Bradford was an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the sixth of seven men called Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken succession, of whom the first, Gamaliel Bradford, was a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. As an adult, Bradford lived in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where the high school's building and student newspaper are named after him. He developed the psychographic form of written biographies.
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* [http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9317939 "Gamaliel Bradford"] "Encyclopedia Britannica: Online", student article; on-line source, accessed: 4 May 2007.
* [http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou00478 Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Correspondence: Guide] ; Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University; on-line source, accessed: 4 May 2007.
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