Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-

The following is from the Laura Riding Jackson entry in Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 28 (1981). Material within quotation marks represents Jackson's comments as submitted for inclusion in the entry. The entry also includes detailed remarks on Jackson's career from other sources (these are not reproduced here.

PERSONAL: Born 16 January 1901, in New York, N.Y.; name originally Laura Reichenthal; adopted the surname Riding, 1926; daughter of Nathaniel S. and Sarah (Edersheim) Reichenthal; married Louis Gottchalk (a professor of history), 1920 (divorced, 1925); married Schuyler Brinckerhoff Jackson (a poet, critic, and former poetry editor of Time magazine), 20 June 1941 (died, 1968). Education: Attended Cornell University, 1918-1921; further study at University of Illinois, Urbana, and University of Louisville.

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