Jacob Abbott
Sign in to saveAmerican writer of children's books (1803-1879)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1803
- Died
- 1879
- Works
- 676
Top works
- [Illustrations of Christianity]
- Peter the Great
- Pyrrhus
- Nero
- Richard III
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1970
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 151
- Total plays
- 1,352
Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A power primer.
· 1992 · cited 41,129x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,740x
- A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
· 1960 · cited 31,243x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
- Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
· 2013 · cited 15,850x
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- date of death
- 1879-10-31
- date of birth
- 1803-01-01
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- name in native language
- Jacob Abbott
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Jacob Abbott, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana