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  1. George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.

  2. George Bancroft (born October 3, 1800, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.—died January 17, 1891, Washington, D.C.) was an American historian whose comprehensive 10-volume study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the “father of American history.”

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  3. George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. He was cast in many notable films alongside major film stars throughout his Hollywood years.

  4. George Bancroft. Actor: Stagecoach. George Bancroft was raised in Philadelphia and attended high school at Tomes Institute (Philadelphia). He won an impressive appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated as a commissioned officer.

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  5. May 23, 2018 · George Bancroft (1800-1891) was an eminent American historian and a diplomat and politician. He also founded the U.S. Naval Academy. George Bancroft was born in Worcester, Mass., on Oct. 3, 1800. His father was a Unitarian minister.

  6. George Bancroft. In mid-nineteenth-century America, George Bancroft’s was a household name in polite, middle-class society. Generations of families purchased his multivolume History of the United States to understand the origins and trajectory of their young republic.

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    George Bancroft (October 3, 1800–January 17, 1891) was a historian and statesman, known for promoting secondary education on the state and federal levels. While he was US Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

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