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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer, reformer, public speaker, and political activist. He was an abolitionist and supporter of civil rights for African Americans and Native Americans. He also advocated women's suffrage, civil service reform, and public education. [citation needed]
- February 24, 1824, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
- August 31, 1892 (aged 68), New York City, New York, U.S.
- American
- Republican
George William Curtis (born Feb. 24, 1824, Providence, R.I., U.S.—died Aug. 31, 1892, Staten Island, N.Y.) was a U.S. author, editor, and leader in civil service reform. Early in life Curtis spent two years at the Brook Farm community and school, subsequently remaining near Concord , Mass., for a time, to continue his association with Emerson.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
American writer, orator, and, especially, civil service reformer, George William Curtis (1824-1892) was a patrician whose ideals and causes are blurred in historical retrospect by a personal elitism that bordered on priggishness and was out of step even in his own time.
George William Curtis (24 February 1824 – 31 August 1892) Abolitionist, writer, editor, orator. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated in Jamaica Plain, Mass. before moving to New York, George William Curtis and his older brother Burrill moved to Brook Farm in 1842 for academic purposes.
George the William State of Curtis, New York Regent from of 1864-1888, the University Vice-Chan. ship. A friend to Whittier, Emerson, Hawthorne, Lowell, has been noted. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1824, and his family removed to New York in 1839.
3 de feb. de 2015 · George William Curtis was a journalist and editor. He was born on February 24, 1824 in Providence, RI, attended private school in New York, and traveled throughout Europe, Egypt, and Syria in the 1840s. Upon his return to the US, he wrote for and helped George Palmer Putnam found Putman’s Magazine.
An inventory of his letters at Syracuse University. Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. Papers of the American critic, social commentator, essayist; Chiefly outgoing correspondence.
