- Emily Chubbuck
Emily Chubbuck (
August 23 ,1817 –June 1 ,1854 ) was an American poet who wrote under thepseudonym Fanny Forrester.Biography
Emily Chubbuck was born to poor parents in
Eaton, New York onAugust 23 ,1817 . In 1834 she became a teacher and joined a Baptist church. In 1840 she entered the Utica female seminary and wrote her first book, "Charles Linn", in 1841. She developed a literary friendship withNathaniel Parker Willis , who she described as the foster-father of her intellect. Willis and Chubbuck first corresponded in June 1844 after her failed attempt at writing children's stories. She was published in Willis's "New York Mirror", opening the door for contributions to other journals including "The Columbian" and "Graham's Magazine ". [Baker, Thomas N. Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001: 92–93. ISBN 0-19-512073-6] In the next two to three years she became known in the literary world under thepen name Fanny Forrester.She met
Adoniram Judson in December 1845 on his return to the United States. They married onJune 22 ,1846 . OnJuly 11 ,1846 , they sailed from Boston back toBurma where Judson had been a missionary for many years. Their daughter Sarah was born in 1847. A son Charles was born and died on the same day in 1850, three weeks after Judson's death at sea. After learning of his death, Chubbuck returned in poor health to the United States in 1851. She collected materials for Judson's biography that was written byFrancis Wayland , then resumed writing herself.Chubbuck died of consumptionin
Hamilton, New York onJune 1 ,1854 .Books published
*"Charles Lynne, or How to Observe the Golden Rule" 1841
*"The Great Secret" 1842
*"Allan Lucas" 1843
*"Alderbrook" 1846 (a two volume collection of short stories originally published in magazines)
*"Trippings in Author Land" 1846
*"Memoir of Mrs. Sarah B. Judson" 1850
*"An Olio of Domestic Verses" 1852
*"Kathayan Slave" 1853
*"My Two Sisters" 1854References
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