October 3 has come and gone without causing a ripple here in Worcester, even at the Bancroft School. On Oct. 3, 1800, George Bancroft was born in a modest frame house on what is now Salisbury ...

George Bancroft was born on Oct. 3, 1800, into an accomplished family. His father, Aaron, fought in the Revolutionary War and went on to write a book on George Washington.

The outer Bancroft is also well modeled in the book: the slender elegance of his form; the intellectual features; the manners and mannerisms of ambitious youth; the harmless but trying pose due to ...

Finalists for the 2023 George Washington Book Prize discussed their books on the founding era. The George Washington Prize is an annual award sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American ...

Before the war -- 1856, 1859, 1860, and so on -- I used to dine very often with Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft at their delightful villa is Newport, which was always the scene of an elegant and quiet ...

October 3 has come and gone without causing a ripple here in Worcester, even at the Bancroft School. On Oct. 3, 1800, George Bancroft was born in a modest frame house on what is now Salisbury ...

George Bancroft was a historian and secretary of the Navy. Often referred to as the father of American history, he is best known for his comprehensive work on the history of the United States.