Born: 29-Jun-1852
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 24-May-1932
Location of death: Darien, CT
Cause of death: Pneumonia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: History of the People of the United States

Formerly a civil engineer, became a professor at the University of Pennsylvania after the publication of the first volume of his eight-volume magnum opus, History of the People of the United States.

Father: James McMaster
Mother: Julia Bach

    University: City College of New York (1872)
    Instructor: Civil Engineering, Princeton University (1877-83)
    Professor: History, University of Pennsylvania (1883-1920)

Author of books:
A History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (1883-1913, history)
Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887, biography)
With the Fathers: Studies in the History of the United States (1896, history)
The Origin, Meaning and Application of the Monroe Doctrine (1896, history)
School History of the United States (1897, history)
Daniel Webster (1902, biography)
The Life and Times of Stephen Girard, Mariner and Merchant (1918, biography)
The United States in the World War (1919, history)

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