Thomas Prince (historian)

Thomas Prince
Portrait by Joseph Badger ca.1750 (courtesy American Antiquarian Society)
Born(1687-05-15)May 15, 1687
Sandwich, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 22, 1758(1758-08-22) (aged 71)
Boston, Massachusetts
OccupationClergyman
Alma materHarvard University
GenreHistorical non-fiction
Notable worksA Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals
PartnerDeborah Denny
ChildrenSarah Prince
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Thomas Prince (May 15, 1687 – August 22, 1758) was a New England clergyman, scholar and historian noted for his historical text A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals. Called 'an American pioneer in scientific historical writing', Prince influenced historians such as Jeremy Belknap and Thomas Hutchinson, and his Annals was still being used as a reference text as late as 1791.

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