Ernest Howard Crosby

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Ernest Howard Crosby
Ernest Howard Crosby in 1904
Born(1856-11-04)November 4, 1856
DiedJanuary 3, 1907(1907-01-03) (aged 50)
Spouse
Frances (Fanny) Kendall Schieffelin
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(m. 1881)​
ChildrenMargaret Eleanor and Maunsell Schieffelin Crosby
Cover of a 1902 New York publication of Captain Jinks, Hero, by Ernest Howard Crosby

Ernest Howard Crosby (November 4, 1856 – January 3, 1907) was an American reformer,

georgist, and author.[1]

Early life

Crosby was born in New York City in 1856. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby (1826–1891), a Presbyterian minister,[2] and Margaret Evertson Givan, a descendant of the prominent Dutch Evertson family. Crosby was a relative of prolific hymn-writer and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby.[3]

He was educated at New York University and the Columbia Law School. He was a member of the Delta Phi fraternity during his time at New York University.[4]

Career

While a member of the State Assembly (1887–1889), he introduced three high-license bills, all vetoed by the Governor

Alexandria, Egypt.[4]

He became an exponent of the theories of

Björnson, Kropotkin, and Zangwill
.

Crosby was a

vegetarian and supporter of animal rights,[5] authoring an essay entitled "The Meat Fetish", published in the Humanitarian League's quarterly publication, the Humane Review in 1904;[6] this was later published as a pamphlet. He was also president of the New York Vegetarian Society.[7]

Like the Englishman Edward Carpenter, the subject of his book Poet and Prophet, Crosby's poetry (in the volume Swords and Plowshares) followed the example of Whitman's free verse.[8][1]

Death and burial

Crosby died of pneumonia in

Rhinebeck, New York
, where he maintained an estate.

Personal life

In 1881, Crosby married Frances (Fanny) Kendall Schieffelin,[9] daughter of Henry Maunsell Schieffelin. Their children were Margaret Eleanor and Maunsell Schieffelin Crosby.[10]

Published works

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "FOR BETTER TENEMENTS; Work of the Special Commission Meets with Approval. MASS MEETING AT COOPER UNION Trinity Corporation Criticised -- Addresses by Ernest H. Crosby, Richard Watson Gilder, and Others". The New York Times. January 31, 1895. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Ralph E. Luker, The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 (UNC Press Books, 1998):242.
  3. ^ "DR. HOWARD CROSBY DEAD; HIS NOBLE STRUGGLE AGAINST PNEUMONIA WAS IN VAIN. HE PASSED AWAY LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, FULLY CONSCIOUS THAT HIS WORK ON EARTH WAS DONE -A LONG LIFE OF WELL-DOING". The New York Times. March 30, 1891. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "DEATH OF E. H. CROSBY.; Social Reformer Was Stricken with Pneumonia in Baltimore". The New York Times. January 4, 1907. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Iacobbo & Iacobbo, Vegetarian America: A History, (Praeger, 2004), pp. 143–147.
  6. ^ "The Humane Review". Henry S. Salt Society. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Edmundson, John (December 8, 2014). "Vegan Slaughterhouse Reflections". HappyCow. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "FOR A CROSBY MEMORIAL; Trustees of the Play-Work Shop Won't Accept Inoome-Bearlng Seourltlee". The New York Times. August 4, 1907. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8108-6108-4
    .
  10. ^ Derby, George and White, James Terry. The National Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 10, 1900, page 61

Additional source

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
    New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help
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