Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr is a military historian and author born August 2, 1955 in New York, New York. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz.

Biography

"I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid" --Caleb Carr

Early years

Born August 2, 1955 in Manhattan, Carr grew up between Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. His father's close circle of friends included William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, who Lucien had known since his college days. Their frequent presence in the Carr household affected Carr’s future career, but not in the way one might expect: "They were noisy drunks that were a disruption," he said in a 2005 interview. "They made me determined never to be a fiction writer."

Caleb Carr received his primary education from St. Luke’s School in Greenwich Village, his secondary education from Friends Seminary, also in downtown New York City. He attended Kenyon College from 1973-1975 and returned to New York City in 1975 to complete his education at New York University, where, in 1977 he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Military and Diplomatic History.

Caleb Carr (governor)

Caleb Carr (1624 - 17 December 1695) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving a very short term prior to his death by drowning. In 1635, at the age of 11, he sailed from England on the ship Elizabeth and Ann with his older brother Robert. Carr's name appears on a list of Newport freemen in 1655, and he began serving in a civil capacity the year prior when he became a commissioner. He served in this capacity for a total of six years between 1654 and 1662, and then served as deputy for 12 years from 1664 to 1690. During the years when he wasn't serving as deputy, he was an assistant, serving in this role for a total of ten years. From 1677 to 1678 he was the justice of the General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

Between 1658 and 1663 Carr purchased several large tracts of land on Conanicut Island (later becoming Jamestown), and following his death he willed this property to his sons. He owned a boat, and in 1671 he was paid four pounds for services rendered with the craft. In 1676 he bought the services of an Indian captive, for which he paid 12 bushels of Indian corn.

Caleb Carr (Otsego County, NY)

Caleb Carr was the representative of Otsego County, New York State in 60th New York State Legislature.

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