Henry Lee IV
Henry Lee IV | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 28, 1787 |
| Died | January 30, 1837 (aged 49) |
| Other names | "Black-Horse Harry" |
| Occupation(s) | Biographer Historian |
| Spouse |
Anne Robinson McCarty
(m. 1817) |
| Relatives | See Lee family |
Henry "Black-Horse Harry" Lee IV (28 May 1787 – 30 January 1837) was an American biographer and historian, born in Stratford, Virginia, the son of Major-General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III and Matilda Lee. He was a half-brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. He was educated at Washington Academy in Lexington, Virginia, and in 1808 graduated from the College of William & Mary. (Washington Academy later developed as Washington and Lee University, renamed for Henry's younger half-brother Robert, who served as head of the school after the Civil War, long after Henry studied there.)