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Percival, James Gates

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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American poet and geologist, born at Kensington, Connecticut; took his degree at Yale in 1815, and qualified as a medical practitioner; he was for a few months professor of Chemistry at West Point, but retired and gave himself to literature and geology; his scientific works are valuable; "Prometheus and Clio" appeared in 1822, "Dream of a Day" in 1843; he died at Hazel Green, Wisconsin (1795-1856).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Percival, James Gates'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/percival-james-gates.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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