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Fanny Quincy Howe

1870 – 1933

American essayist 1870-1933

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Lived 1870 – 1933 (aged 63). Fanny Quincy Howe was an American essayist and writer.

Frances "Fanny" Huntington Quincy Howe ( – ) was an American essayist and novelist.

Fanny Huntington Quincy was born on in Quincy, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah Quincy and Helen Francis Huntington Quincy. Her brother Josiah Quincy would serve as mayor of Boston. In 1899 she married the writer Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe. They had three children: legal historian Mark De Wolfe Howe, journalist Quincy Howe, and poet and novelist Helen Howe.

Howe published a single novel, the anonymously published Boston society novel The Opal. Howe published a number of essays and stories in the Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s, and New England Magazine under pseudonyms including Wilmot Price, Catherine Russell, and Grundy Frances. Her pieces for the Atlantic 's "Contributor’s Club” column were reprinted in the book The Notion-Counter: A Farrago of Foibles, Being Notes About Nothing (1922).

From 1910 to 1922, Howe corresponded with , a former prostitute. Howe's letters to Pinzer were lost, but Pinzer's letters to Howe are preserved in the Schlesinger Library. They were published as The Maimie Papers in 1977.

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Frances Huntington Quincy, Mrs. Grundy, Fanny Huntington Quincy, Wilmer Price, Fanny Huntington Quincy Howe

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Who was Fanny Quincy Howe?

American essayist 1870-1933

When was Fanny Quincy Howe born?

Fanny Quincy Howe was born on 14 April 1870 in Quincy.

When did Fanny Quincy Howe die?

Fanny Quincy Howe died on 17 April 1933.

What was Fanny Quincy Howe's occupation?

Fanny Quincy Howe was an essayist and writer.

What nationality was Fanny Quincy Howe?

Fanny Quincy Howe was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fanny Quincy Howe

· Wikidata: Q80133628

· DBpedia: Fanny Quincy Howe

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