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Caroline Ticknor (1866–1937) was an American biographer and short story writer. She published biographies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, among others.
Personal life
[edit]Ticknor was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1866. Her parents were Benjamin H. Ticknor, a bookseller, and Caroline Cushman Ticknor. Her paternal grandfather was William Ticknor, co-founder of the publishing house Ticknor and Fields.[1][2]
Ticknor reportedly began writing at the age of eighteen.[1] In 1904 Town and Country announced her engagement to Paul Van Dusen of New York, but she appears to have never married.[3]
Career
[edit]In 1898, Ticknor became an editor of the International Library of Famous Literature.[2] In addition to books, Ticknor also published short stories in several magazines, including The Atlantic,[4] Cosmopolitan, and New England Magazine.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- A hypocritical romance, and other stories (1896)[5]
- Miss Belladonna; a child of to-day (1897)[5]
- "The Steel-Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girl," The Atlantic (1901)[4]
- Miss Belladonna; a social satire (1902)[5]
- Washington's Surprising Ancestor (1908)
- editor, A poet in exile; early letters of John Hay (1910)[5]
- Hawthorne and His Publisher (1913)
- editor, Some early letters of George William Curtis (1914)
- editor, Dr. Holmes's Boston (1915)
- Poe's Helen (1916)
- editor and compiler, New England aviators 1914–1918 : their portraits and their records (1919)
- Glimpses of Authors (1922)
- The "Old North" signal-lights, 1723–1923; or, Christmas comes to Boston (1923)
- Classic Concord, as portrayed by Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Alcotts (1926)
- May Alcott: A Memoir (1928, about Abigail May Alcott Nieriker)
Death
[edit]Ticknor died in her home in Jamaica Plain, Boston on May 11, 1937.[1][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Ticknor, Caroline". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- 1 2 3 "Caroline Ticknor, Author and Editor; Boston Publisher's Descendant Dies – One of Her Last Books Was 'May Alcott'". The New York Times. 1937-05-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ↑ "Town and Country Calendar". Town and Country. 58 (44): 3. January 9, 1904. ProQuest 2080724588.
- 1 2 Ticknor, Caroline (1901-07-01). "The Steel-Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girl". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- 1 2 3 4 "Caroline Ticknor (Ticknor, Caroline, 1866–1937) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
