John Lloyd Stephens
1805–52
American lawyer, travel writer, and railroad executive. Practised law in New York, circa 1826–34. Wrote books based on travels in the Mediterranean, eastern Europe, Chiapas, Yucatan, and Central America. Vice-president, then president, of Panama Railroad from 1849.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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