William Stith
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William Stith (1707-1755) was an early American historian. He is the author of one of the earliest histories of Virginia, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony, published in Williamsburg by William Parks in 1747.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Discovery: Stith History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
- ^ Fiske, John (1897), Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, pp. 255-256, <http://books.google.com/books?id=aC0dAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22william+stith%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0>
[edit] Further reading
- Stith, William (1865), The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, <http://books.google.com/books?id=wOQ0AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22william+stith%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0>
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| NAME | Stith, William |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1707 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | 1755 |
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