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'''Abbie Farwell Brown''' (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)<ref name="AWW">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Abbie Farwell Brown | encyclopedia=American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present | publisher=Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. | author=Moe, Phyllis | editor=Mainiero, Lina | year=1979 | volume=1 | location=New York | pages=247-49}}</ref> <ref name="NAW">{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA247|accessdate=2 March 2013|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=247–49}}</ref> |
'''Abbie Farwell Brown''' (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)<ref name="AWW">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Abbie Farwell Brown | encyclopedia=American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present | publisher=Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. | author=Moe, Phyllis | editor=Mainiero, Lina | year=1979 | volume=1 | location=New York | pages=247-49}}</ref> <ref name="NAW">{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA247|accessdate=2 March 2013|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=247–49}}</ref> was an American author. |
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Brown was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of [[Isaac Allerton]], and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to ''[[The Youth's Companion]]. |
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Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. |
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Brown was [[valedictorian]] of the [[Bowdoin School]] in 1886.<ref name="NAW"/><ref>{{cite book | url=http://archive.org/stream/historyofbowdoin1912nich | title=History of the Bowdoin School, 1821-1907 | publisher=Ruemely Press | author=Nichols-Wellington, Leah L. | year=1912 | location=Manchester, New Hampshire | pages=147}}</ref> She then attended the [[Girls' Latin School]], where she was friends with [[Josephine Preston Peabody]]. |
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Revision as of 17:44, 3 March 2013
Abbie Farwell Brown (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)[1] [2] was an American author.
Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to The Youth's Companion.
Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill.
Brown was valedictorian of the Bowdoin School in 1886.[2][3] She then attended the Girls' Latin School, where she was friends with Josephine Preston Peabody.
References
- ^ Moe, Phyllis (1979). "Abbie Farwell Brown". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. 1. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 247–49.
- ^ a b Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 247–49. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Nichols-Wellington, Leah L. (1912). History of the Bowdoin School, 1821-1907. Manchester, New Hampshire: Ruemely Press. p. 147.
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