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Emily Calvin Blake | |
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| Born | September 28, 1882  |
| Died | April 29, 1951 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Emily Calvin Blake (September 28, 1882 – April 29, 1951) was a British-born American writer.
She was born on September 28, 1882 in Manchester, England, the daughter of Thomas Calvin and Margaret Young Calvin. She married Chicagoan Walter R. Blake in 1904 and lived in Chicago most of her life. [1]
Her book of short stories, Engaged Girl's Sketches (1910), earned some contemporary notoriety when it was learned it was purchased by Dorothy Arnold on the day of her disapperance.[2] Her novel The Third Weaver (1929) follows Bohemian heronie Thaisa Worthington.[3] She also published numerous magazine stories, including "Science and the Girl" (Blue Book, January 1909), in which a man suffers an injury similar to that of Phineas Gage and drastically changes his personality, so his daughter's boyfriend, a scientists, attempts to repair the man's brain with "electrified gray matter".[4]
Emily Calvin Blake died on 29 April 1951 in Los Angeles.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Engaged Girl Sketches. Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1910.[6]
- The Great Moments in a Woman's Life. Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1910.[6]
- Marcia of the Little Home. New York: D. Appleton, 1911.[7]
- Quaintness of Bobby. 1912.[8]
- The Promise. 1913.[8]
- Autobiography of an Impulsive Girl. 1915.[8]
- Suzanna Stirs the Fire. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915.[6][7]
- The Third Weaver. Chicago: Willett, Clark, & Colby, 1929.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1905–1917). The book of Chicagoans : a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Chicago : A.N. Marquis.
- ↑ "The Girl Who Never Came Back". AMERICAN HERITAGE. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- 1 2 Kilpatrick, Thomas L. (1979). Illinois! Illinois! : An annotated bibliography of fiction. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1222-2.
- ↑ Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1990). Science-fiction, the early years : a full description of more than 3,000 science-fiction stories from earliest times to the appearance of the genre magazines in 1930 : with author, title, and motif indexes. Internet Archive. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-416-2.
- ↑ "May 02, 1951, page 55 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- 1 2 3 R.R. Bowker Company. Dept. of Bibliography; R.R. Bowker Company. Publications Systems Dept (1983). Fiction, 1876-1983 : a bibliography of United States editions : classified author index, main author index, title index, key to publishers and distributors abbreviations/directory of publishers and distributors. Internet Archive. New York : Bowker. ISBN 978-0-8352-1880-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - 1 2 Grimes, Janet (1981). Novels in English by women, 1891-1920 : a preliminary checklist. Internet Archive. New York : Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-9522-2.
- 1 2 3 Various (1963). Who was who in america. Internet Archive. The a, n . marquis company founded 1897 chicago 11 usa.