Ellis st joseph biography
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Joseph Ellis
American historian (born )
For other uses, see Joseph Ellis (disambiguation).
Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, ) is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in [1] and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the Pulitzer Prize for History.[2] Both books were bestsellers.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Ellis was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 18, He received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary, where he was initiated into Theta Delta Chi. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University in ,[4] where Edmund S. Morgan directed his dissertation on a colonial American theologian.[5][6] At William and Mary, Ellis was in ROTC.
Career
[edit]Ellis entered the United States Army in August and spent three
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Joseph Ellis Full Biography
I was born about into a family of prosperous Quaker farmers in northern Gloucester County, now Cherry Hill Township, Camden County. When New Jersey raised a new regiment in during the French and Indian War inom volunteered and was made a captain. We were engaged in the unsuccessful attack on Fort Ticonderoga. My military service violated my family’s and friend’s pacifist beliefs and inom was expelled from the Society of Friends. Over the next few years I purchased land in Gloucester Town on the Delaware River, worked as a tanner, and married. When my wife died I volunteered again for the army and led a company to kamp Native Americans on the northern frontier. When inom returned, inom concentrated on farming and fishing, and in inom remarried.
When the Revolution broke out inom was a leader in the protests against the acts of Parliament. inom became a delegate to the rebel Provincial församling and served on military committees. Curiously, I was appointed High Sheriff of Glo
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Ellis Stanley Joseph
Ellis Stanley Joseph | |
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| Born | Bombay, India |
| Died | 16 September () (aged&#;65–66) Bronx, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Wildlife collector and trader |
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| Height | 6&#;ft 6&#;in (&#;cm) |
Ellis Stanley Joseph (also known as Ellis Joseph or Ellis S. Joseph) was a collector and trader in wildlife in the early part of the 20th century. An animal trainer of remarkable ability, he also trained some of his captive wildlife to perform in public.
Biography
[edit]Much of what is known of Ellis Joseph's childhood and early adult years comes from three lengthy interviews that he gave to newspapers—the Barrier Miner in April ,[1] the Sunday Times (Perth) in July ,[2] and the Sun (Sydney) in September [3]
In the interview for The Barrier Miner in April ,[1] Ellis Joseph said that he was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India to Welsh parents of Jewish religion. Joseph is a