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Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (died 1867)

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Born
July 15, 1796
Died
May 27, 1867
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1796

About Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch was an American author born in Newton, Massachusetts, known best for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies. Thomas Bulfinch, His America, and His Mythology Book. Bulfinch attended Boston Latin School, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1814. His Norse myths are abridged from a work by Paul Henri Mallet (1730–1807), a professor at Geneva, translated by Bishop Thomas Percy as Northern Antiquities (London, 1770, often reprinted).

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  1. His Norse myths are abridged from a work by Paul Henri Mallet (1730–1807), a professor at Geneva, translated by Bishop Thomas Percy as Northern Antiquities (London, 1770, often reprinted).
  2. Bulfinch attended Boston Latin School, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1814.

The world when Thomas Bulfinch was born

Thomas Bulfinch was born in 1796. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGeorge Washington delivers farewell address
  • Technology milestoneEdward Jenner develops smallpox vaccine
  • World population~833M

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  • U.S. leaderGeorge Washington
  • U.S. population4.8M

1796 versus 2026

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Measure17962026
Population4.8M341 million

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