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Eliza Orne White
Eliza Orne White ( – ) was an American writer. She published 41 books, including 29 books for children. Early life and education Eliza Orne White was born on in Keene, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of William Orne White, a Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian minister, and Margaret Eliot Harding, daughter of the portrait painter Chester Harding (painter), Chester Harding. At the age of eleven, she went to a reading given by Charles Dickens, who read from ''The Pickwick Papers'' and ''The Death of Little Nell''; this event remained in White's memory even years later when Bertha Mahony interviewed White for an article in ''The Horn Book Magazine''. She had eye trouble at the age of 14 that caused her to miss a year of school. At 16 she contracted Typhoid fever, typhoid and stopped attending public school. She later attended Miss Hall's School for Girls in Roxbury, Massachusetts, for a year. Career White started publishing children's stories at the age of 18. She published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene is a city in, and the County seat, seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. It hosted New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival, the state's annual pumpkin festival from 1991 to 2014, several times setting a world record for most jack-o'-lanterns on display. The grocery wholesaler C&S Wholesale Grocers is based in Keene. History In 1735, colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher granted lots in the township of "Upper Ashuelot" to 63 settlers who paid £5 each. Settled after 1736 on Equivalent Lands,Equivalent Lands webpage; Vermont History on-line; accessed April 26, 2020 it was int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
