Edith Willis Linn Forbes
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| Born | Edith Willis February 19, 1865 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 29, 1945 (aged 80) Starkey, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | E. W. L. |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Poems |
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| Children | 2 |
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Edith Willis Linn Forbes (
Early life and education
Edith Willis was born in New York City, February 19, 1865. She was a daughter of Dr. Frederic Llewellyn Hovey Willis (1853-1934), who was a member of the family of N. P. Willis, and who formerly practiced medicine in New York. Her mother was Love Maria Whitcomb (1824–1908),[3] who was well known some years ago as a writer of juvenile stories. Both parents were inclined to literature, and the daughter inherited the literary inclination.[4]
When Forbes was six years old, the family went to Glenora, New York, on Seneca Lake, for the summers, and to Boston, Massachusetts, for the winters. In Boston, she was educated in private schools until she was eighteen years old, after which her education was conducted by private tutors.[4]
Career
Since the age of eleven, she preserved all her compositions, and by 1893, the number was nearly 400. She wrote very little in prose, a few short stories descriptive of nature. Forbes was proficient in French, German and English literature and music. She contributed to The Christian Register, the Cottage Hearth, the Christian Union, the Boston Transcript, Godey's Lady's Book, Peterson's Magazine, the Kew Moon, the Century, and other prominent periodicals. She published a volume of Poems (Buffalo, New York, 1891).
In 1920, she established the Rochester Poetry Society, and served as president.[5] She also affiliated with the Women's Education and Industrial Union, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Door of Hope.[6]
Personal life
In 1886, in
On September 28, 1918, in New York City, she married for a second time, George Mather Forbes (1853-1934),[3] a faculty member of the University of Rochester.[6]
Forbes made her home in Rochester, New York.[4] She died in Starkey, New York, September 29, 1945; burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.[1]
Selected works
Books by Edith Willis Linn
- Poems, 1892
- Out of the deep; pen pictures in prose and verse, 1895
- Within, above, beyond, 1899
- A Cycle of Sonnets, 1918
Books by E. W. L. & H. B.
Songs
- "We are coming : marching song of America", 1918 (lyrics by Edith Willis Linn; composed by John Philip Sousa)
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Linn, George Wilds (1905). A history of a fragment of the clan Linn and a genealogy of the Linn and related families. [Lebanon, Pa., Report print]. p. 195. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Edith Lenora Willis February 1865 – 1 October 1945 - L2FB-S1J". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 463.
- ^ Braithwaite 1923, p. 3.
- ^ a b c "Edith Willis Linn Forbes Papers". Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation University of Rochester. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "Edith Willis Linn". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Charles Wells Moulton.
Bibliography
- Braithwaite, W.S. (1923). Anthology of Magazine Verse for ... and Year Book of American Poetry. W.S. Braithwaite.
External links
- Works by or about Edith Willis Linn Forbes at Internet Archive
- Edith Willis Linn Forbes Papers, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
- Edith Willis Linn Forbes Papers Addition, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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