Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902
Variant namesHarrison, artist, actor, theater manager and author, was a friend of the actor Edwin Forrest.
From the description of Edwin Forrest visual materials, 18-- (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 758368821
Gabriel Harrison was a "professor of elocution" in Brooklyn, N.Y.
From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1894-1895, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190821935
Brooklyn, N.Y., theatrical manager, actor, painter, and author of an 1875 work about John Howard Payne, who was himself an actor, playwright, defender of the Cherokee Indians, and U.S. consul at Tunis.
Harrison's popular volume, which sparked a renewed interest in Payne, who had died in Tunis in 1852, was enlarged and reissued in 1885 with the title: John Howard Payne, dramatist, poet, and actor.
From the description of Gabriel Harrison letters, 1873-1883. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34317489
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Birth 1818
Death 1902
Americans
