Hodder, Alfred, 1866-1907
Variant namesAlfred Hodder, attorney, author and private secretary, lectured on English literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1895 to 1898.
In 1898, Hodder moved to New York to study municipal conditions while serving as private secretary to district attorney William Travers Jerome; Hodder's book A FIGHT FOR THE CITY is an account of the municipal campaign of 1901. Under the name of Francis Walton, he collaborated with Josiah Flynt Willard in writing "The Powers that Prey," a series of articles based on the illicit relations between the police and criminals of New York City.
Mary Gwinn Hodder, professor of English literature at Bryn Mawr College, studied in Leipzig and Zurich and traveled extensively throughout Europe.
She married Alfred Hodder in 1904; after his death in 1907, she turned to spiritualism to "contact" him from the grave.
From the description of Alfred Hodder papers, 1875-1941. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 175706701
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| creatorOf | Hodder, Alfred, 1866-1907. Alfred Hodder papers, 1875-1941. | Princeton University Library |
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| associatedWith | Bryn Mawr College | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Gerould, Gordon Hall, 1877-1953. | person |
| associatedWith | Gerould, Katharine Fullerton, 1879-1944. | person |
| associatedWith | Hodder, Mary Gwinn, b. 1861. | person |
| associatedWith | Jerome, William Travers, 1859-1934 | person |
| associatedWith | Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935. | person |
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Birth 1866
Death 1907
