Author:James Grant Wilson

James Grant Wilson
(1832–1914)

James Grant Wilson

Works

Books

• Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers (1862–1863)
• Love in Letters, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons (1867)
• Life of General Grant (1868–1885)
• Life of Fitz-Greene Halleck (1869)
• Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers (1874)
• Poets and Poetry of Scotland (1876)
• Centennial History of the Diocese of New York, 1775-1885 (1886)
• Bryant and His Friends (1886)
• Commodore Isaac Hull and the Frigate Constitution (1889)
• Life of General Grant (1897)

Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900

• "Wilson, William (1801-1860)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Contributions to Appletons'

• "Bayard, James Asheton," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
• "Bayard, James Asheton (Jr.)," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
• "Columbus, Christopher," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
• "Halleck, Fitz-Greene," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1892)
• "Lenox, James," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)

Other contributions

• “Millard Fillmore” in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914.
• “William McKinley” in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914 (update to an article by Joseph P. Smith)

Edited works

• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (co-editor with John Fiske; 6 vols., 1886–1889)
• Memorial History of the City of New York
• The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (4 vols., 1914)

Works about Wilson

• "Wilson, James," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1889)
• "Wilson, James Grant," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Wilson, James Grant," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
• "Wilson, James Grant," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)