Edith Wharton letters and postcard, 1912-1919.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
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Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was from birth a part of the wealthy New York society she depicted so vividly in her fiction. Through her father, George Frederic Jones, and her mother, Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander Jones, she could claim descent from three families whose names were synonymous with wealth and position: the Stevenses, Rhinelanders, and Schermerhorns. Educated at home with tutors and exposed at an early age to the classics in her fath...
Chanler, Margaret, 1862-1952
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The Chanler family was prominent in New York. Luther Terry (d. 1900) was an artist. His daughter Margaret Terry Chanler (1862-1952), born in Rome, was an author. She married Winthrop Astor Chanler (1863-1926), a soldier and sportsman devoted to fox hunting. One of their children, Theodore Ward Chanler (1902-1961) was a composer. From the description of Chanler family papers, 1815-1939 (inclusive) 1845-1939 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375751 From the ...
Robinson, Beverley, 1844-1924
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Though he was born in Philadelphia, Beverley Robinson earned his medical degree at the University of Paris, France in 1872. He was clinical professor of medicine at the University of Paris and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City. Among his writings are Practical treatise on nasal catarrh (1880), and Treatment of ordinary diseases; notes from the record book of an old practitioner (1921). From the description of Introductory lecture on diseases of the heart : given at B...