caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
jonathan baxter harrison , around 1880 17 june 1907 franklin , new hampshire greene county , ohio 5 april 1835 advocacy working class , indian reservations , and postbellum south of forest preservation ; studies of new england jb harrison.jpg jonathan baxter harrison
 jonathan baxter harrison journalist , unitarian minister
jonathan baxter harrison

jonathan baxter harrison -lrb- april 5 , 1835 - june 17 , 1907 -rrb- , was a unitarian minister and journalist who was involved in many of the social causes of his day : abolitionism , indian rights , forest preservation , and the cultural improvement of the working class .
best known for his realistic depictions of everyday american life , he is acknowledged as an important influence in the development of literary realism .
