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Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp
1783–1838
A lawyer, public speaker, and early American man of letters, this prolific 19th-century writer turned biography and history into lively reading for a broad audience. His books range from lives of famous figures to wide-ranging sketches of American character and public life.
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Memoirs of General Lafayette With an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824.
by Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp
Kelet tündér világa, vagy Szaif Züliázán szultán. (2. kötet) Aráb rege
by Ali Bey, Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp
Kelet tündér világa, vagy Szaif Züliázán szultán. (1. kötet) Aráb rege
by Ali Bey, Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp
About the author
Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1783, Samuel Lorenzo Knapp was an American author and lawyer who studied at Dartmouth College and later read law with Theophilus Parsons. He built a legal career, served during the War of 1812 in the Massachusetts militia, and also took part in public life as a legislator and speaker.
Knapp is best remembered for the sheer range of his writing. He produced biographical works, historical compilations, and books of moral and literary reflection, including Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters, Female Biography, and Library of American History. His writing helped shape early American taste for biography by making notable lives feel accessible and engaging rather than distant and formal.
He died in 1838 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. While he is not as widely read now as some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure from the early republic: a writer deeply invested in preserving lives, reputations, and national memory in print.