Background

George Long Duyckinck was born on October 17, 1823 in New York City, New York, United States. He was younger brother of Evert Augustus Duyckinck.

Education

Duyckinck attended Geneva (now Hobart College), and then the University of the City of New York, graduating in 1843. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practised.

Career

Duyckinck traveled in Europe in 1847-48 and 1857. He was associated with his brother Evert in editing the Literary World, a Journal of American and Foreign Literature, Science, and Art and the Cyclopcedia of American Literature (1855).

For this society he wrote biographies of George Herbert (1838), Thomas Ken (1859), Jeremy Taylor (1860), and Hugh Latimer (1861). He edited an American edition of Shakespeare, based upon J. Payne Collier’s, with variorum notes.

Achievements

• Duyckinck was elected to the executive committee of the General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, and became its treasurer, devoting himself to wholesome literature for the children of his denomination.

Works

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  • The Life of George Herbert (Classic Reprint)

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  • Life of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

  • The Life of Hugh Latimer

    (This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)

Connections

Brother:

Evert Augustus Duyckinck