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E. J. Richmond
Euphemia Johnson Richmond ( Guernsey; pen names, Effie Johnson and Mrs. E. J. Richmond; July 28, 1825 – February 9, 1918) was an American Intellectual#"Man of letters", litterateur and author of novels and children's literature. Her early sketches, published in periodicals, were under the pen name, "Effie Johnson", but her later work was under her own name styled as "Mrs. E. J. Richmond". Early life and education Euphemia Johnson Guernsey was born near Mount Upton, New York, July 28, 1825. Her father, Dr. Jonathan Guernsey (1890–1853), was a native of New Hampshire. Her mother was Frances (1799–1877), a daughter of Dr. Elijah Putnam, a relative of the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary hero. On both sides, her ancestors were professional and literary people. Richmond's siblings were: Caroline (b. 1821), Phebe (b. 1823), Theodore (b. 1827), Addison (1829), George (b. 1830), Henry (b. 1833), Augustus (b. 1835), Francis (b. 1839). She received good schooling and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of The Century
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
