Howe, Fanny Quincy, 1870-1933

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Birth 1870
Death 1933

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Biography

Fanny Howe was born into a distinguished Boston family in 1940. Her father, Mark De Wolf Howe, taught Law at Harvard University and was the first Charles Warren Professor in the History of American Law. He also was in the process of writing a multi-volume biography of Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes. At the time of his death in 1967 he had completed two volumes. Fanny Howe's mother, Mary Manning Howe, was born in Dublin, Ireland and had, during the time before she came to the United States, written and acted for the famous Abbey and Gate Theaters in Dublin. Fanny Howe has two sisters, Susan and Helen.

From the guide to the Fanny Howe Papers, 1924-1993, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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  • American literature
  • American poetry

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