Jacob Abbott

His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Jacob Abbott Jr. and Betsey Abbott. He married Harriet Vaughan. 4 children are recorded: Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Edward Abbott, Lyman Abbott and Austin Abbott. Other recorded relations include Eleanor Hallowell Abbott.

Jacob Abbott worked in children's and young adult literature, popular science, biography, history and religious literature.

He was employed by Amherst College. He worked at Maine.

62 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1739 to 1938.

Rollo Learning to Read. The Rollo Series. August and Elvie. Hoary Head, and the Vallies Below. Agnes: A Franconia Story. The Boy's Own Workshop: or, The Young Carpenters. Caroline: A Franconia Story. The Florence Stories: Visit to the Isle of Wight. Mary Bell: A Franconia Story. Rollo's correspondence. Gentle measures in the management and training of the young. Strategy Six 2. Abbotts' addition columns. The Mount Vernon reader. Rollo in London. Caleb in the country. Timboo and Fanny. McDonner. The sea-shore, or, How to plan pic-nics and excursions. [Illustrations of Christianity]. Peter the Great. Pyrrhus. Nero. Richard III. Alexander the Great. Little philosopher... Julius Caesar. History of Mary, queen of Scots. Richard I. Queen Elizabeth. Margaret of Anjou. History of William the Conqueror. History of King Alfred of England. Charles I. William the Conqueror. Inquiries concerning the intellectual powers. The Harper establishment, or, How the story books are made. History of King Richard the Second, of England. Alexander the Great / by Jacob Abbott. A sermon, preached on The National Fast, May 14, l841. History of Romulus. The three gold dollars, or, An Account of the adventures of Robin Green. Narratives of Little Henry and his bearer, The amiable Louisa and Ann Eliza Williams. Rollo at play. The teacher. History of Pyrrhus. Cleopatra. Y gonglfaen; neu Eglurhad cysefin a'r egwydorion y gwirionedd Christionogol. The Harper establishment; or, How the story books are made, dated 1855, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 270.17 Ab2. The Harper Establishment, or How the Story Books are Made. Harper's Story Books, dated 1855, illustrations: commercial reproductive process, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 42.105.22. Marco Paul's Voyages & Travels, dated 1852, illustrations: wood engravings, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 66.749.1. [Cousin] Lucy on the Sea-Shore, dated ca. 1840, illustrations: woodcut, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.675.5. Winged Figure, dated 1889, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1947.32. Contrasting No. 331 East 39th Street with Chrysler Building and Daily News Building, Manhattan, dated November 9, 1938, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1943.1384. "El", Sixth Avenue Line, Twenty-Eighth Street Station, Manhattan, dated November 10, 1938, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1943.1379. Charles Lane, Between West and Washington Streets, dated September 20, 1938, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1943.1405. China and the English: or, the character and manners of the Chinese / [Jacob Abbott]., dated 1836, held by Wellcome Collection. New England, and her institutions / by one of her sons., dated 1835, held by Wellcome Collection. A sermon preached at St. Dunstan's in the West, on Sunday, April 29 , and at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, on Sunday, July 15, 1781, for the benefit of the Humane Society, Instituted for the Recovery of Persons apparently Dead by Drowning. By Jacob Duche, M. A. Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia., dated 1781, held by Wellcome Collection. Pott's disease, or, Angular curvature of the spine : cases successfully treated and reported in the New York journal of medicine, November 1857 / by J.A. Wood., dated 1857, held by Wellcome Collection. Pott's disease, or, Angular curvature of the spine : cases successfully treated and reported in the New York journal of medicine, November 1857 / by J. A. Wood., dated 1859, held by Wellcome Collection. Sir *** speech upon the peace . To the tune of the Abbot of Canterbury., dated 1739, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 13 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Abbott, Jacob (1803-1879), educator and author, American National Biography Online, 2000. The Rollo Books. in Fourteen Volumes. by Jacob Abbott. A New Edition, as Revised, Journal of Education, 1905. The Children’s Republic of Science in the Antebellum Literature of Samuel Griswold Goodrich and Jacob Abbott, Osiris, 2009. Race Relations in the Antebellum Children's Literature of Jacob Abbott, The Journal of Popular Culture, 1982. Jacob Abbott and the Rollo Books: New England Culture for Children, The Journal of Popular Culture, 1973.

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Richard I (2009) — Internet Archive. American History Volume III The Southern Colonies (1860) — Internet Archive. Fire-side piety; or, The duties and enjoyments of family religion (1835) — Internet Archive. Grimkie (1860) — Internet Archive. The Rollo Philosophy (1843) — Internet Archive. Rollo in Switzerland (1854) — Internet Archive. Rollo at Work: Or, The Way for a Boy to Learn to be Industrious (1841) — Internet Archive. The Florence stories, (1861) — Internet Archive. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young: Or, The ... (1873) — Internet Archive. Stories of Rainbow and Lucky (1860) — Internet Archive. rollo in paris (1854) — Internet Archive. louis philippe (1904) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Jacob Abbott studied at Bowdoin College and Andover Newton Theological School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is children's and young adult literature, popular science and biography.

Residence is recorded at Maine. Employment is recorded with Amherst College.