The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Winsor, Justin

WINSOR, wĭn'zȯr, Justin, American historian and librarian: b. Boston, Mass., 2 Jan. 1831; d. Cambridge, 22 Oct. 1897. He was educated at Harvard, and subsequently studied at Paris and Heidelberg. He was superintendent of the Boston Public Library 1868-77, and librarian of Harvard 1877-97. He published &lsquo;History of the Town of Duxbury&rsquo; (1849); &lsquo;Bibliography of Original Quartos and Folios of Shakespeare&rsquo; (1876); &lsquo;Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution&rsquo; (1880); &lsquo;Memorial History of Boston&rsquo; (edited 1880-82); &lsquo;Narrative and Critical History of America&rsquo; (edited 8 vols., 1884-89), his most scholarly achievement; &lsquo;Christopher Columbus&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;From Cartier to Frontenac&rsquo; (1894); &lsquo;The Mississippi Basin: The Struggle in America between England and France&rsquo; (1895). He ranked as the highest authority on the early history of North America.