GEORGE WILKES
\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒ wˈɪlks], \dʒˈɔːdʒ wˈɪlks], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ w_ˈɪ_l_k_s]\
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An American journalist, born in New York city in 1820; died there, Sept. 23, 1885. He was editor of the Spirit of the Times from 1850, and well known as a politician and a traveler. He wrote a "History of California" (1845); and a book of travel, "Europe in a Hurry" (1852).
By Charles Dudley Warner
