Louise Collier Willcox
Louise Collier Willcox (pen name, Clarence Wellford; April 24, 1865 – September 13, 1929) was an American author, editor, anthologist, translator, and suffragist. During her career, she worked for Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, North American Review, Macmillan Publishers, and E. P. Dutton & Co. Willcox was the author of several books, and she contributed to several magazines and newspapers, sometimes using a pseudonym.[1] She died suddenly in Paris, France, age 64.
Early life and education[]
Louise Price Collier was born in Chicago on April 24, 1865. Her parents were Reverend Robert Laird Collier and Mary Collier (née Price).[1]
She was educated by private tutors in France, Germany, and England, and also attended the Conservatory of Leipzig from 1882 to 1883.[1] Her literary training came mainly through personal conversations and study with her father and his friends, among whom were Matthew Arnold, Lord Tennyson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Baron Tauchnitz.[2]
Career[]
On June 25, 1890, in Norfolk, Virginia, she married Westmore Willcox,[1] a prominent lawyer of that city.[3] They had two children, a daughter, Christine Price Willcox Capelli (1893–1967) and a son, James Westmore Willcox, Jr. (1894–1971).[4][5]
Her life was largely devoted to literary occupations of various kinds. For quite a time, she was an editorial writer for Harper's Weekly and a contributor to Harper's Bazaar. From 1896 to 1903, she was on the staff of the North American Review. From 1903 to 1909, she was reader and literary adviser to Macmillan Publishers.[3] From 1910 to 1917, she worked for E. P. Dutton & Co.[6] She was a contributor to Century, Outlook, and New York Evening Post.[4] She also contributed to Chap Book and to East and West under the pen name "Clarence Wellford".[2] Willcox was the author of Answers of the Ages;[7] The Human Way (1908, essays); A Manual of Spiritual Fortification, (1910, an anthology of mystic poems); and "The Road to Joy" (1912, essay).[3]
Willcox favored women's suffrage and was the honorary vice-president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.[7] She was prominent in matters connected with literature and art in the city of Norfolk. She was a member of the National Institute of Social Sciences, the MacDowell Club of New York City,[3][1] and the Poetry Society of America.[4]
Death[]
In July 1929, Willcox traveled abroad and died suddenly in Paris, France, on September 13, 1929.[6] The Louise Collier Willcox papers are held by the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.[5]
Selected works[]
- Books
- The Human Way, 1908
- Answers of the Ages
- A Manual of Spiritual Fortification, 1910
- A Manual of Spiritual Verse, 1917
- The Road to Joy, 1912
- The House in Order
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Marquis 1911, p. 2089.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hills & Luce 1902, p. 171.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Tyler 1915, p. 281.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c International Who's Who 1911, p. 1100.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Collection: Louise Collier Willcox papers - Archives Space Public Interface". archives.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mrs. Louise Collier Willcox, Author, Dies Suddenly". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 14 September 1929. p. 14. Retrieved 22 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b American Commonwealth Company 1914, p. 886.
Attribution[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (1902). The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. 15 (Public domain ed.). Writer Publishing Company.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: International Who's Who (1911). The International Who's who: Who's who in the World 1912 : a Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women (Public domain ed.). International Who's Who.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Marquis, A.N. (1911). Who's who in America (Public domain ed.). A.N. Marquis.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler. 3 (Public domain ed.). Lewis historical publishing Company.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: American Commonwealth Company (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 (Public domain ed.). American Commonwealth Company.
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