John Bartlett - Watertown, MA
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The grave of writer, editor, and publisher John Bartlett, who is famous as the author of the standard reference book "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", is located along Ailanthus Path in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMW06T
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2017
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The grave of John Bartlett is marked by a gray headstone which is inscribed:
JOHN BARTLETT
BORN JUNE 14, 1820
DIED DEC. 3, 1905
HANNAH S. WILLARD
WIFE OF
JOHN BARTLETT
BORN JUNE 20, 1824
DIED NOV. 16, 1904
REST SWEET AND TENDER SPIRIT
John Bartlett was born Plymouth, MA on June 14, 1820. At age 16 he worked at the Harvard University bookstore where he became an such an expert on book knowledge that the advice “Ask John Bartlett” became a common phrase at Harvard. In 1855 he published the first edition of his now famous book Familiar Quotations, which was based on the notebook he kept. The book Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, published in 2012, is currently in its eighteenth edition. He also is famous for compiling , editing and publishing quotations from Shakespeare and he Bible.
Books by John Bartlett:
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Bartlett's Shakespeare Quotations
Bartlett's Words to Live By: Advice and Inspiration for Everyday Life
Bartlett's Bible Quotations
The history of printing in America (co-author)
The Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
A Complete Concordance To Shakespeare
Bartlett's Book of Love Quotations
Bartlett's Book of Business Quotation
The Shakespeare Phrase Book