'''Thomas Gold Appleton''' (31_March 1812-17_April 1884), son of merchant Nathan_Appleton, was an American writer, an artist, and a patron of the fine arts. He was born in Boston,_Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard in 1831. He was known for his witticisms, one of which, the oft-quoted "Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris", is sometimes attributed to Oliver_Wendell_Holmes. He published some poems and, in prose, ''Nile Journal'' (1876), ''Syrian Sunshine'' (1877), ''Windfalls'' (1878), ''Chequer-Work'' (1879). {{US-writer-stub}} {{US-artist-stub}} ==References== *''Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1896.'' Chicago: Quincy Who's Who, 1963. == External links == * Thomas Gold Appleton Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography Appleton, Thomas Gold Appleton, Thomas Gold