Louise Andrews Kent

Louise Andrews Kent
Born	Louise Andrews May 25, 1886(1886-05-25) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	August 6, 1969(1969-08-06) (aged 83)
Pen name	Theresa Tempest Mrs Appleyard
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genres	children's literature non-fiction
Spouse(s)	Ira Rich Kent
Children	Elizabeth, Hollister, Rosamond

Louise Andrews Kent (May 25, 1886 – August 6, 1969) ^[1] was an American author. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1886 and graduated from Simmons College School of Library Science in 1909, where she was president of her senior class and editor of the college paper.^[2] She became a newspaper columnist and author of children's books, cookbooks. She wrote a newspaper column, Theresa’s Tea Table,^[2] in the Boston Traveller under the pen name of Theresa Tempest and later authored a series of cookbooks as Mrs. Appleyard.^[1] Kent, also as Mrs. Appleyard, wrote a quarterly feature on food for Vermont Life magazine for many years.^[3]

The Vermont Historical Society, of which Kent was a trustee during the 1950s,^[4] maintains a collection of research notes, manuscript and typescript drafts and galley proofs of her work.^[1]

Family

Louise Andrews Kent married Ira Rich Kent (1876–1945) in 1912. The couple had three children and maintained residences in both Brookline and Calais, Vermont.^[1] In 1959, Kent, by then a widow, moved permanently to Calais.^[4]

Bibliography

Books authored by Louise Andrews Kent include:

Children's fiction

• (1931) Douglas of Porcupine
• (1935) He went with Marco Polo: A Story of Venice and Cathay
• (1940) He went with Christopher Columbus
• (1943) He went with Magellan
• (1947) He went with Vasco da Gama
• (1959) He went with Champlain
• (1961) He went with Drake
• (1967) He went with Hannibal

Cookbooks

• (1941) Mrs. Appleyard's Year
• (1953) ...with Kitchen Privileges
• (1957) The Summer Kitchen
• (1962) The Winter Kitchen
• (1965) Vermont Year Round Cookbook
• (1974) Mrs. Appleyard’s Kitchen Omnibus

Other non-fiction

• (1948) Village Greens of New England
• (1955) The Brookline Trunk
• (1968) Mrs. Appleyard and I

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Louise Andrews Kent (1886-1969)- Manuscripts, ca. 1953-1974". Vermont Historical Society. http://www.vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/kent.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Simmons College Archives - The Women of Simmons College, 1900 - 1920". Simmons College. http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/college_archives/women/alumnae.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
3. ^ "Mrs. Appleyard's Family Kitchen". http://www.cookbkjj.com/bookhtml/004826.html. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Vermont Historical Society Library Catalog". Vermont Historical Society. http://catalog.vermonthistory.org/vhsweb2/tramp2.exe/do_ccl_search/guest?SETTING_KEY=vhs&servers=1home&index=)&query=VHS-51. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 

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Name	Kent, Louise Andrews
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Date of birth	May 25, 1886
Place of birth	Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death	August 6, 1969
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