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Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872

LC control no.n 80117138
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS2523.P9
Personal name headingFern, Fanny, 1811-1872
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Variant(s)Parton, Sara Payson Willis, 1811-1872
Willis, Grata Payson, 1811-1872
Birth date18110709
Death date18721010
Place of birthPortland (Me.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationNovelist Columnist
Found inHer Rose Clark, 1856.
Britannica academic edition online, 26 November 2012 (Sara Payson Willis Parton, née Grata Payson Willis, pseudonym Fanny Fern; born July 9, 1811, Portland, Maine, United States; died Oct. 10, 1872, New York, New York; American novelist and newspaper writer, one of the first women columnists)
NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Her Essay, 1864 Apr. 12 ("Fanny Fern" was a pseudonym for Sara Payson Willis Parton; she was born in Portland, Me., the daughter of Nathaniel Willis and Hannah Parker Willis, and was a popular newspaper columnist, novelist, and author of children's stories)
Associated languageeng