Thomas Bulfinch
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Pekerjaan | Bankir, penulis |
Kebangsaan | Amerika Serikat |
Tema | Mitologi, legenda |
Thomas Bulfinch (15 Juli 1796 – 27 Mei 1867[1]) adalah penulis Amerika Serikat. Dia lahir di Newton, Massachusetts. Dia terlahir dari keluarga saudagar Boston yang terdidik. Ayahnya adalah Charles Bulfinch, arsitek Massachusetts State House di Boston dan sebagian U.S. Capitol di Washington, D.C.. Thomas Bulfinch terkenal sebagai penulis Bulfinch's Mythology, (1881) suatu karya yang berisi kisah-kisah mitologi Yunani dan Romawi, legenda Raja Arthur, dan Charlemagne. Dia juga bekerja di Merchants' Bank of Boston.
Catatan kaki
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Marie Cleary, “A Book of Decided Usefulness: Thomas Bulfinch’s ‘The Age of Fable,’” The Classical Journal 75.3 (February 1980) (hlm. 248-249).
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Marie Sally Cleary, Myths for the Millions. Thomas Bulfinch, His America, and His Mythology Book. (Kulturtransfer und Geschlechterforschung, 4). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007. hlm. xvi, 414.
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