Bulfinch
Americannoun
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Charles, 1763–1844, U.S. architect.
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his son Thomas, 1796–1867, U.S. author and mythologist.
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Formal and informal classicists who’ve attended the College of Homer and the University of Bulfinch and Edith Hamilton may also have some follow-up questions about this Harlem odyssey’s modus operandi.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
The new Capitol that emerged from the ashes, completed by Charles Bulfinch in 1826, was already too small for the fast-growing Congress of the fast-growing United States.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2021
It was built in 1816 from plans by well-known Boston architect Charles Bulfinch, who also built the Statehouse and the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 26, 2019
Bulfinch: Memories and Fairytales” Novelist Hannah Sternberg sent pieces of an old manuscript to artists all over the world, inviting them to interpret the story and explore the themes of memory and revision.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2016
In "The Age of Fable," Mr. Bulfinch endeavored to impart the pleasure of classical learning to the English reader by presenting the stories of Pagan mythology in a form adapted to modern taste.
From The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories by W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray
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