Background
Larned, Josephus Nelson was born on May 11, 1836 in Chatham, Ontario. Son of Henry Sherwood and Mary A. (Nelson) Larned.
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Josephus Nelson Larned
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Educational public schools, Buffalo.
Career
On editorial staff Buffalo Express, 1859-1872. Superintendent education Buffalo, 1872-1873. Superintendent Buffalo Library, 1877-1897.
President American Library Association, 1893-1894. Author: Talks About Labor, 1877. History for Ready Reference, 1895, supplementary volunteer 6, 1901, volunteer 7, 1910.
Talk About Books, 1897. History of England for Schools, 1900. A Multitude of Counsellors, 1901.
Primer of Right and Wrong, 1902. History of the United States for Secondary Schools, 1903. Seventy Centuries—a Survey, 1905.
Books, Culture and Character, 1906. A Study of Greatness in Men, 1911. A History of Buffalo, 1911.
Editor: The Literature of American History, 1902. Address: Buffalo, New York.
Connections
Married Frances A. K. McCrea, April.
