# William Hickling Prescott

> William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th-century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory, also called "photographic memory".

*American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1796-05-04
- **Died:** 1859-01-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.9 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 19.7 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
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- [William Hickling Prescott](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hickling_Prescott)
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- [William H. Prescott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
- [William H. Prescott](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
- [William Hickling Prescott](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hickling_Prescott)
- [ویلیام اچ. پرسکات](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DA%86._%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA)
- [William H. Prescott](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
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- [William H. Prescott](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
- [Վիլյամ Պրեսկոտ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BF)
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- [William H. Prescott](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
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- [Прескотт, Уильям Хиклинг](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3)
- [William H. Prescott](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Prescott)
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- [Вільям Прескотт](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505844)

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