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American librarian and author (1853-1913)

Reuben Gold Thwaites ( May 15, 1853 – October 22, 1913) was an American librarian and historical writer.

Biography

Thwaites was born in 1853 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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His parents were William George and Sarah Bibbs Thwaites, who had moved to Dorchester in 1850 from Yorkshire, England. The family moved to Omro, Wisconsin, in 1866, where Reuben worked on the farm, studied college-level coursework and reported for the Oshkosh Times.

In 1874–1875 he studied English literature, economic history and international law at Yale University. Thwaites studied at Yale as a special student, and beyond that never formally studied at the collegiate level, although later in his life he was awarded an LLD from the University of Wisconsin.

From 1876 to 1886, Thwaites was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, at Madison.

In 1885 he became assistant corresponding secretary of the State Historical Soci