WINSOR, JUSTIN (1831-1897), American historian, was born in Boston (Mass.) on Jan. 2, 1831. As a student at Har vard he showed his scholarly tastes by historical and literary ar ticles and for a number of years thereafter continued his news paper and periodical work. He found his true vocation, however, when his success as temporary superintendent of the Boston Public Library caused him to receive the permanent appointment and when in 1877 President Eliot took him to Harvard as librarian.
He edited The Narrative and Critical History of America (8 vol. 1884-89), a mammoth co-operative work, for the rich biblio graphical and historical notes of which he was largely responsible; he also wrote histories: Christopher Columbus (1891), Cartier to Frontenac (1894), The Mississippi Basin (1895), and The Westward Movement (1897). He died in Cambridge (Mass.) on Oct. 22, 1897.