Elizabeth Armstrong Reed

Elizabeth (Armstrong) Reed (1842-1915) was an American Oriental scholar, born at Winthrop, Maine. She was married to Hiram V. Reed in 1860 and was the mother of Myrtle Reed. In 1893 she was chairman of the Woman's Congress of Philology at Chicago and in 1896 became an editor of the "Course of Universal Literature". For four terms she was president of the Illinois Woman's Press Association. She received honorary degrees from Northwestern and Illinois Wesleyan universities and Bethany College. Mrs. Reed was author of:
* "The Bible Triumphant" (1866)
* "Hindu Literature, or, The Ancient Books of India" (1891)
* "Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern" (1893)
* "Primitive Buddhism: Its Origins and Teachings" (1896)
* "Daniel Webster: A Character Sketch" (1899)
* "Hinduism in Europe and America" (1914)

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Elizabeth Reed (unknown)was the subject of a song by The Allman Brothers Band, entitled "In memory of Elizabeth Reed".