Background
Hale, Horatio Emmons was born on May 3, 1817 in Newport, New Hampshire, United States. Son of David and Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale.
Hale, Horatio Emmons was born on May 3, 1817 in Newport, New Hampshire, United States. Son of David and Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale.
Graduated from Harvard, 1837.
Before entering college wrote Remarks on the Language of the St. John’s or Wlastukweek Indians, with a Penobscot Vocabulary. Member Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1855.
Specialized in American Indian and Polynesian studies and the migrations of these peoples. Practiced law, Clinton, Canada. Vice president American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1886.
President American Folklore Society Author: Ethnology and Philology, 1846. (paper) The Tutelo Tribe and Language, 1883. The Iroquois Book of Rites, 1883.
An International Idiom, 1890. The Fall of Hochlega, 1893.
Member Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.
Married Margaret Pugh, 1854.