The New International Encyclopædia/Abbot, Willis John

ABBOT, Willis John (1863—). An American author and editor, grandson of John S. C. Abbott. He was born at New Haven, Conn., and graduated at the University of Michigan in 1884. He is best known by his Blue Jackets of ’61, Blue Jackets of 1812, and Blue Jackets of ’76, a series of stories for boys relating to the naval history of the United States, and by his Battle Fields of 1861. Mr. Abbot was managing editor of the Chicago Times in 1892 and 1893, and from 1896 to 1898 was on the editorial staff of the New York Journal.