COGSWELL, JOSEPH G
\kˈɒɡswɛl], \kˈɒɡswɛl], \k_ˈɒ_ɡ_s_w_ɛ_l]\
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(1786-1871) of Massachusetts, was appointed librarian of Harvard College in 1820. In 1823, in conjunction with George Bancroft, he founded the Round Hill School at Northampton. Afterward he was for many years (till 1860) librarian of the Astor Library.
By John Franklin Jameson
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