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Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856

LC control no.n 80117278
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Personal name headingPercival, James Gates, 1795-1856
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Variant(s)Percival, Doctor (James Gates), 1795-1856
Percival, James G. (James Gates), 1795-1856
Percival, Jas. G. (James Gates), 1795-1856
Other standard no.77364858
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1795-09-15
Death date1856-05-02
Place of birthKensington (Conn.)
Place of deathHazel Green (Wis.)
Field of activityPoetry Geology
Profession or occupationPoets Geologists
Found inHis Wisconsin. Geological survey ... annual report ... 1855-56: title page (James G. Percival) page 7 (Dr. James G. Percival; died on the 2d of May, 1856, at Hazel Green, Wis., in the 61st year of his age, Dr. James Gates Percival, eminent as a poet, scholar, and philosopher. He was born in the village of Kensington, in the town of Berlin, in Connecticut, September 15th 1795)
His Poems, 1823: t.p. (James G. Percival)
His Lines to be sung at the mtg. of the Yale Col. Assoc. of Alumni, 1842: t.p. (Doctor Percival) [info fm. InU]
Dirge sung at the consecration of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19th, 1863: caption (Jas. G. Percival)
Associated languageeng