Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Winsor, Justin

WINSOR, JUSTIN, an American historian; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 2, 1831. He was superintendent of the Boston Public Library in 1868-1877, and librarian of Harvard University in 1877-1897. He published: &ldquo;Bibliography of Original Quartos and Folios of Shakespeare&rdquo; (1875); &ldquo;Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution&rdquo; (1880); &ldquo;Memorial History of Boston&rdquo; (edited, 1880-1882); &ldquo;Narrative and Critical History of America&rdquo; (edited: 8 vols. 1884-1889); &ldquo;Christopher Columbus&rdquo; (1891); &ldquo;From Cartier to Frontenac&rdquo; (1894); &ldquo;The Mississippi Basin&rdquo;; and &ldquo;The Struggle in America Between England and France&rdquo; (1895). He was the highest authority on the early history of North America. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22, 1897.