William Hickling Prescott

(1796-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859 LBT ID: WiPresc1859 VIAF ID: 14775490 LOC ID: n50028229	B/BAP: 1796-05-04 DIED: 1859-01-29
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American historian educated at Harvard; he published History of the Conquest of Mexico, 3 vols (1844).
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Hickling Prescott: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. Found 1. Display Records History of the Conquest of Mexico: with a preliminary View of the ancient Mexican Civilization: and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortés. Found 4. Display Records History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. Found 1. Display Records