Bancroft, George

(1800-1891). Educated at Harvard University, Cambridge, and in Germany. Secretary of the navy, 1845; amba ador to Great Britain, 1846-1849; and in 1867-1874 minister at the court of Berlin. Index : L On La Salle, 153. Ch On the difficulties encountered by mi ionaries, 87. Bib. : History of the United States . For biog., see Howe, Life and Letters of George Bancroft; Cyc. Am. Biog.