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TABLE XX 

 Occupations of the Fathers of American Literati x 



Professional 



Clergyman 



Lawyer 



Physician 



Teacher 



Judge 



Banker 



Professor 



Actor 



Author 



Educator 



Journalist 



Editor 



Army officer 



Surveyor 



Jurist 



Naval officer 



Scientist 



Surgeon 



Architect 



Artist 



Botanist 



Civil engineer 



College treasurer 



Druggist. 



Gymnast 



Missionary 



Naturalist 



Prison warden .... 



Vocalist 



Lieut. Governor... 

 Postmaster General 

 Scholar 



Commercial 



Merchant 

 Business . 

 Publisher . 



I2 -5 



9-5 

 7.0 



6.0 



6.0 



6.0 



4-5 

 3-5 

 3-5 

 3-o 



3-o 

 2.0 



2.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



1.0 



1.0 

 5 

 5 



5 



71.0 

 11.5 

 1 1.5 



I5 1 



Commercial (cont'd) 



Manufacturer 



Shipmaster 



Bookseller 



Government official... 



Hotel proprietor 



Shipping 



Contractor 



Dealer in lumber land. 



Land owner 



Builder 



Factory sup't 



Lumber merchant 



Bank clerk . . 



Cotton factor ........ 



Real estate 



Insurance 



Mine owner 



Nurseryman 



Provision dealer 



Quarry operator 



Brewer 



Hatter 



Mill owner 



Salesman 



-a 

 6 



3 



Agricultural 



Farmer 

 Planter 



Mechanical, Clerical 

 and Unskilled 



Carpenter . 

 Tanner . . . 

 Blacksmith 

 Mechanic . 

 Miller ... 



9-5 

 9.0 



5-5 

 4.0 



4.0 



3-5 

 3.o 

 2.0 

 2.0 



i-5 



'5 



i-5 

 1.0 



1.0 



1.0 



1.0 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



123.5 

 15-5 



6.0 

 6.0 

 4.0 



3-o 

 2-5 



o 



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1 Cf. J. McKeen Cattell, " Families of American Men of Science," 

 Popular Science Monthly, vol. 86, p. 507. 



2 When an individual was about equally engaged in two occupations, 

 a half credit is given to each occupation. 



