Caroline Ticknor
Illustration — Photograph of Caroline Ticknor from her book Glimpses of Authors (1922) 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.
Caroline Ticknor
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- Born
- 1866 · Boston.
- Died
- 1937 · Boston.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer · biographer
- Languages
- English
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Personal life
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. Ticknor reportedly began writing at the age of eighteen. In 1904 Town and Country announced her engagement to Paul Van Dusen of New York, but she appears to have never married.
Career
In 1898, Ticknor became an editor of the International Library of Famous Literature. In addition to books, Ticknor also published short stories in several magazines, including The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, and New England Magazine.
Death
Ticknor died in her home in Jamaica Plain, Boston on May 11, 1937.
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