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Full Name: Henry James Jr
Biography:
(1843-1916) Major American novelist, critic. Son of Henry James, Sr., and brother of William James. Henry James, Jr. was born at 21 Washington Place, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, and spent a part of his boyhood in Albany, New York. Privately educated, he entered Harvard Law School in 1862. He was encouraged to write critical articles and reviews for the Atlantic Monthly. After traveling in Europe, he settled permanently in London and wrote such novels as "The American" (1877), "The Portrait of a Lady" (1881), "The Turn of the Screw" (1898), and "The Golden Bowl"(1904).
Author's Timeline:
1843 New York County
Henry James, Jr. was born at 21 Washington Place, Greenwich Village, New York, New York. 
1843 Albany County
James lived part of his childhood in Albany, New York. 
1875 (Unknown) County
Roderick Hudson
(Pub: James R. Osgood and Company, Boston. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1877 (Unknown) County
The American
(Pub: James R. Osgood and Company, Boston. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1878 (Unknown) County
Daisy Miller
(Pub: Cornhill Magazine. ISBN: )
Novella. 
1878 (Unknown) County
Watch And Ward
(Pub: Houghton, Osgood and Company, Boston. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1880 (Unknown) County
Washington Square
(Pub: Harper & Brothers, New York City Macmillan and Co., London. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1881 (Unknown) County
The Portrait of a Lady
(Pub: Macmillan and Co., London Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston ISBN: )
Novel. 
1898 (Unknown) County
The Turn Of The Screw
(Pub: William Heinemann, London The Macmillan Company, New York City. ISBN: )
Novella. 
1903 (Unknown) County
The Ambassadors
(Pub: Methuen & Co., London Harper & Brothers, New York City. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1904 (Unknown) County
The Golden Bowl
(Pub: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1911 (Unknown) County
The Outcry
(Pub: Methuen & Co., London Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City. ISBN: )
Novel. 
1916 (Unknown) County
Henry James died in London, England in 1916. 
1916 (Unknown) County
Henry James' ashes are interred in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

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