Background
Kirk, John Foster was born on March 22, 1824 in Frederickton, N.B. Son of Abdiel and Mary Kirk.
Kirk, John Foster was born on March 22, 1824 in Frederickton, N.B. Son of Abdiel and Mary Kirk.
Academic education at Halifax, Nova Scoti (Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania).
Came to the United States, 1842. Secretary and assistant to William H. Prescott, the historian, 1847-1859. Was contributor to North American Review, et cetera, and edited Lippincott’s Magazine, 1870-1886.
Lecturer on history, University of Pennsylvania, 1885-1888.
Author: History of Charles the Bold. Editor of Prescott’s Works.
Home: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
Married 1879, Ellen Warner Olney.