The ''Heroes of the Nations'' series was a collection of biographies of famous people who influenced nations and changed the course of history. The series was published in New York and London from 1890 by

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. The founding editor was

Evelyn Abbott Evelyn Abbott (; 10 March 1843 – 3 September 1901) was an English classical scholar, born at Epperstone, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he excelled both academically and in sports, winning the Gaisford Prize ...

. Each biography was printed in one crown octavo volume in large type with maps and illustrations accompanying them.

Titles in series

*No. 1: W. Clark Russell - ''Horatio Nelson and the Naval Supremacy of England'' (1890) - Admiral Lord Nelson *No. 2: C. R. L. Fletcher - ''Gustavus Adolphus and the Struggle of Protestantism for Existence'' (1890) -

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- ''Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens'' (1891) -

Pericles Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelopo ...

*No. 4:

Thomas Hodgkin Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, ...

- ''Theodoric the Goth; the Barbarian Champion of Civilisation'' (1891) -

Theodoric the Great Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal ( got, , *Þiudareiks; Greek: , romanized: ; Latin: ), was king of the Ostrogoths (471–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy b ...

*No. 5: H. R. Fox Bourne - ''Sir Philip Sidney: Type of English Chivalry in the Elizabethan Age'' (1891) -

Sir Philip Sidney ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

*No. 6:

W. Warde Fowler William Warde Fowler (16 May 1847 – 15 June 1921) was an English historian and ornithologist, and tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was best known for his works on ancient Roman religion. Among his most influential works wa''The Roman F ...

- ''Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System'' (1892) -

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...

*No. 7: Lewis Sergeant - ''John Wyclif: Last of the Schoolmen and First of the English Reformers'' (1893) -

John Wycliffe John Wycliffe (; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, Catholic priest, and a seminary professor at the University of O ...

*No. 8: William O'Connor Morris - ''Napoleon; Warrior and Ruler, and the Military Supremacy of Revolutionary France'' (1893) -

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

*No. 9: Paul Ferdinand Willert - ''Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots in France'' (1893) -

Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

*No. 10: J. L. Strachan-Davidson - ''Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic'' (1894) -

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...

*No. 11:

Noah Brooks Noah Brooks (October 24, 1830 – August 16, 1903) was an American journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York. He is known for authoring a major biography of Abraham Lincoln based on clos ...

- ''Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of American Slavery'' (1894) -

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

*No. 12:

C. Raymond Beazley Sir Charles Raymond Beazley (3 April 1868 – 1 February 1955) was a British historian. He was Professor of History at the University of Birmingham from 1909 to 1933. Born in Blackheath, he was the son of Rev. Joseph and Louisa Beazley. He was ...

- ''Prince Henry the Navigator; The Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery'' (1895) -

Henry the Navigator ''Dom'' Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator ( pt, Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15t ...

*No. 13:

Alice Gardner Alice Gardner (26 April 1854 – 11 November 1927) was an English historian. Her publications included a history of Newnham College, Cambridge. Life Gardner was born in Hackney, London, in 1854. She was one of six children and two her brother ...

- ''Julian; Philosopher and Emperor, and the Last Struggle of Paganism against Christianity'' (1895) -

Emperor Julian Julian ( la, Flavius Claudius Julianus; grc-gre, Ἰουλιανός ; 331 – 26 June 363) was Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplaton ...

*No. 14: Arthur Hassall - ''Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy'' (1895) -

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

*No. 15: R. Nisbet Bain - ''Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire'' (1895) -

Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...

*No. 16: Edward Armstrong - ''Lorenzo de'Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century'' (1896) -

Lorenzo de Medici Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...

*No. 17: Mrs. Oliphant - ''Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life and Death'' (1896) -

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

*No. 18:

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...

- ''Columbus: His Life and Voyages'' (condensed edition, 1905?) -

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

*No. 19:

Herbert Maxwell Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet, (8 January 1845 – 30 October 1937) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, prominent salmon angler and author of books on angling and Conservative politician who ...

- ''Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence'' (1897) -

Robert the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventual ...

*No. 20: William O'Connor Morris - ''Hannibal: Soldier, Statesman, Patriot'' (1897) -

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...

*No. 21: William Conant Church - ''Ulysses S. Grant and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction'' (1897) -

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

*No. 22: Henry Alexander White - ''Robert E. Lee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870'' (1897) -

General Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of North ...

*No. 23: Henry Butler Clarke - ''The Cid Campeador and the Waning of the Crescent in the West'' (1897) -

El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...

*No. 24: Stanley Lane-Poole - ''Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem'' (1898) -

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

*No. 25:

James Wycliffe Headlam Sir James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley, CBE (24 December 1863 – 6 September 1929) was a British academic historian and classicist, who became a civil servant and government advisor on current foreign policy. He was known as James Wycliffe Headlam unti ...

- ''Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire'' (1899) -

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

*No. 26:

Benjamin Ide Wheeler Benjamin Ide Wheeler (July 15, 1854– May 2, 1927) was a professor of Greek and comparative philology at Cornell University, writer, and President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919. Life and career Early years Benjamin ...

- ''Alexander the Great: the Merging of East and West in Universal History'' (1900) -

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

*No. 27: H. W. Carless Davis - ''Charlemagne (Charles the Great); the Hero of Two Nations'' (1900) -

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...

*No. 28: C. H. Firth - ''Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England'' (1900) -

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

*No. 29:

James Breck Perkins James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an American historian, a United States congressman, and a writer. He was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Rochester, where he was a member ...

- ''Richelieu and the Growth of French Power'' (1900) -

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...

*No. 30:

Robert Dunlop Stephen Robert Dunlop (25 November 1960 – 15 May 2008) was a Northern Irish motorcycle racer, the younger brother of fellow road racer, the late Joey Dunlop, and the father of William Dunlop and Michael Dunlop. Like Joey, Robert died after ...

- ''Daniel O'Connell and the Revival of National Life in Ireland'' (1900) -

Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...

*No. 31: Frederick Perry - ''Saint Louis (Louis IX of France): The Most Christian King'' (1901) -

Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the ...

*No. 32:

Walford Davis Green Walford Davis Green (24 August 1869 – 17 November 1941) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1906. Green was born in Blackheath, the son of Rev. Walford Green, a Wesleyan Mini ...

- ''William Pitt Earl of Chatham and the Growth and Division of the British Empire 1708-1778'' (1901) -

Pitt the Elder William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish ...

*No. 33: Arthur Granville Bradley - ''Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence'' (1901) - Owain Glyndwr *No. 34:

Charles Lethbridge Kingsford Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, FBA (25 December 1862 – 29 November 1926) was a scholarly English historian and author. Biography Kingsford was born on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1862 in Ludlow, Shropshire, the third son of Rev. Sampson Kingsfor ...

- ''Henry V: the Typical Mediaeval Hero'' (1901) -

Henry V of England Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the ...

*No. 35:

Edward Jenks Edward Jenks, FBA (1861–1939) was an English jurist, and noted writer on law and its place in history. Born on 20 February 1861 in Lambeth, London, to Robert Jenks, upholsterer, and his wife Frances Sarah, née Jones, he was educated at Dulwic ...

- ''Edward Plantagenet (Edward I). The English Justinian or the Making of the Common Law'' (1902) -

Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassa ...

*No. 36: John B. Firth - ''Augustus Caesar and the Organisation of the Empire of Rome'' (1903) -

Emperor Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

*No. 37: William Fiddian Reddaway - ''Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia'' (1904) -

Frederick the Great Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...

*No. 38: William O'Connor Morris - ''Wellington, Soldier and Statesman and the Revival of Military Power in England'' (1904) -

The Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish soldier and Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of Uni ...

*No. 39: John B. Firth - ''Constantine the Great; the Reorganisation of the Empire and the Triumph of the Church'' (1905) -

Emperor Constantine Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea ...

*No. 40:

D. S. Margoliouth David Samuel Margoliouth, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (; 17 October 1858, in London – 22 March 1940, in London) was an English oriental studies, orientalist. He was briefly active as a priest in the Church of England. He was Laudian P ...

- ''Mohammed and the Rise of Islam'' (1905) -

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

*No. 41: Ruth Putnam - ''Charles the Bold: Last Duke of Burgundy 1433-1477'' (1908) -

Charles the Bold Charles I (Charles Martin; german: Karl Martin; nl, Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: ''der Kühne''; Dutch: ''de Stoute''; french: le Téméraire), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. ...

*No. 42:

James Albert Harrison James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

- ''George Washington, Patriot, Soldier, Statesman, First President of the United States'' (1906) -

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

*No. 43:

F. M. Stenton Sir Frank Merry Stenton, FBA (17 May 1880 – 15 September 1967) was an English historian of Anglo-Saxon England, and president of the Royal Historical Society (1937–1945). The son of Henry Stenton of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, he was educ ...

- ''William the Conqueror and the Rule of the Normans'' (1908) -

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

*No. 44: F. A. MacNutt - ''Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico, 1485-1547'' (1909)
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- Hernan Cortes *No. 45: Ruth Putnam - ''William the Silent, Prince of Orange 1533-1584; and the Revolt of the Netherlands'' (condensed edition, 1911) -

William the Silent William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...

*No. 46: Ernest F. Henderson - ''Blucher and the Uprising of Prussia Against Napoleon 1806-1815'' (1911) - Marshal Blucher *No. 47:

Edmund Curtis Edmund CurtisIrish: ''Éamon Cuirtéis'' (1881–1943), was born in Lancashire to Irish parents. He worked in a rubber factory until he was 15 when he continued with his education. His education was paid for through donations when it was heard ...

- ''Roger the Great of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154'' (1912) -

Roger II of Sicily Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily Roger I ( it, Ruggero I, Arabic: ''رُجار'', ''Rujār''; Maltese: ''Ruġġieru'', – 22 June 1101), nicknamed Rog ...

*No. 48: L. M. Larson - ''Canute the Great, 995-1035; and the Rise of Danish Imperialism During the Viking Age'' (1912) -

King Cnut Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway ...

*No. 49: Pietro Orsi - ''Cavour and the Making of Modern Italy, 1810-1861'' (1914) - Count of Cavour *No. 50: A. W. Pickard-Cambridge - ''Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom, 384-322 B.C.'' (1914)
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Demosthenes Demosthenes (; el, Δημοσθένης, translit=Dēmosthénēs; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prow ...

Some other books were initially intended to be part of the series, but were published separately after the 50-volume completion of the series: * Ierne L. Plunket - ''Isabel of Castile and the Making of the Spanish Nation, 1451–1504'' (1915)
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Isabella I of Castile Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as List of Aragonese royal consorts, Queen consort ...

* Beatrice A. Lees - ''Alfred the Great, the Truth Teller, Maker of England, 848–899'' (1915)
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Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who bot ...

* C. T. Atkinson - ''Marlborough and the Rise of the British Army'' (1921) -

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reign ...

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