About Agnes Lee
Lived 1868 – 1939 (aged 70–71). Agnes Lee was an American translator and poet.
Agnes Lee ( Martha Agnes Rand; 1862–1939) was an American poet and translator.
Biography Lee was born Martha Agnes Rand in Chicago on March 6, 1862. She was the second daughter of William H. Rand, an American printer and publisher who co-founded the Rand McNally Company. She was educated at a boarding school in Vevey, Switzerland. She translated Théophile Gautier's Enamels and Cameos and Other Poems in 1903. A collection of letters exchanged between her and poet Edgar Lee Masters is archived in the Newberry Library in Chicago.
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American poet (1862–1939)
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Agnes Lee was born in 1868 in Chicago.
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Agnes Lee died in 1939 in Chicago.
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Agnes Lee was a translator and poet.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Agnes Lee. https://biography.guide/agnes-lee/
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