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AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS 



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TABLE XX 

 Occupations of the Fathers of American Literati ^ 



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 



il 



I H 



12.5' 



63.5 

 40.0 

 17.0 

 14.0 

 12-5 

 9.5 



6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 4.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 3.0 

 30 

 2.0 

 2.0 



I.O 

 I.O 



1.0 



I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 



•5 

 •5 

 •5 



71.0 

 11.5 

 ".5 



328 



51 



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 



Agricultural 



Farmer 



Planter 



Mechanical, Clerical 

 and Unskilled 



Carpenter . 

 Tanner . . . 

 Blacksmith 

 Mechanic . 

 Miller ... 



9.5 

 9.0 



5-5 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 3-5 

 3-0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1.5 



I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 

 I.O 



•5 

 .5 

 •5 

 .5 



23.5 

 15-5 



6.0 

 6.0 

 4.0 

 3.0 



2-5 



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. 



