Sir benjamin durban biography of abraham lincoln
| His Lincoln biography, Abraham Lincoln, Amerikas grosser Präsident, was published this year in Germany. | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban GCB KCH FRS (16 February 1777 – 25 May 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa). | |
| Sir Benjamin D'Urban was Commander-in-Chief and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope between 1833 and 1837. |
The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Google Books
Sir Benjamin D’Urban | British General & Colonial ...
- Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban GCB KCH FRS (16 February – 25 May ) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa).
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I’ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held the distinction of being the definitive Lincoln biography at one time or another.
No president before Lincoln required as much of my time, either – it took me over 3½ months to read all twelve biographies. Together, they contained nearly 9,500 pages – almost twice as many as the president with the second-tallest stack of biographies in my collection (Thomas Jefferson with about 5,000 pages).
Given this enormous time commitment, it’s fortunate Lincoln was both a fascinating individual and a masterful politician. His life story is as interesting as anyone’s (president or otherwise), and he proved far more impressive
Sir Benjamin Benjamin - Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Sir Benjamin D’Urban (born , Halesworth, near Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died May 25, , Montreal, Quebec, Can.) was a British general and colonial administrator chiefly remembered for his frontier policy as governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa).
Abraham Lincoln : a biography : Thomas, Benjamin Platt, 1902 ...
Benjamin D'Urban - Wikipedia
- Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Anthony Berger of the Mathew Brady Studio, February 9, 1864.
Abraham Lincoln: Biography of The 16th U.S. President
- Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have been awarded a patent for an invention.
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