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Catherine Cate Coblentz (June 5, 1897 – May 30, 1951) was an American writer, best known for her children's books in the 1930s and 1940s. She was a
In 1930 Coblentz received a B.A. degree from George Washington University.
In honor of her later work, she was presented with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by her alma mater in 1945.
In the mid-to-late 1940s, Coblentz was instrumental in raising money to buy the land on which the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library was built on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. A set of windows, with illustrations based on her books, remain on display in the library.
Catherine Cate Coblentz, her husband, and an infant daughter are buried in
''The Blue Cat of Castle Town'' (1949)
* ''Ah-yo-ka: Daughter of Sequoya'' (1950) * ''The Beggars' Penny'' (1943)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" ...
and Newbery Honor
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People
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laureate.
Life and work
Born inHardwick, Vermont
Hardwick is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,920 at the 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated villages of Hardwick, East Hardwick, and Mackville. The town is a commercial center for the region's farm ...
, Catherine Cate worked during World War I
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at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., where she met her future husband, William Coblentz
William Weber Coblentz (November 20, 1873 – September 15, 1962) was an American physicist notable for his contributions to infrared radiometry and spectroscopy.
Early life, education, and employment
William Coblentz was born in North Lima, ...
, an American scientist who was a pioneer in the field of infrared spectroscopy. They were married on June 10, 1924. Two daughters were born to the couple, but both died young.
Coblentz published a poem on Mars in ''Popular Astronomy'' magazine in 1924, the same year that her husband was measuring the temperature of Mars at the Lowell Observatory
Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark ...
. Mrs. Coblentz later achieved success as a writer of children's books, and her ''The Blue Cat of Castle Town'' won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" ...
in 1958 and was a Newbery Honor
Newbery is a surname.
People
*Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver
*David Newbery (born 1943), British economist
*Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot
*Francis Newbery (disambiguation), seve ...
book.For an image of the Vermont carpet that inspired ''The Blue Cat of Castle Town'', see See also Older copies of this work and some of her other books can still be found, and some are considered to be collector's items.
In 1930 Coblentz received a B.A. degree from George Washington University.
In honor of her later work, she was presented with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by her alma mater in 1945.
In the mid-to-late 1940s, Coblentz was instrumental in raising money to buy the land on which the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library was built on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. A set of windows, with illustrations based on her books, remain on display in the library.
Catherine Cate Coblentz, her husband, and an infant daughter are buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery is an cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is across the stree ...
in Washington, D.C. (Section O).
Books
The dates of publication are approximate. * ''Animal Pioneers'' (1936) * ''The Blue and Silver Necklace'' (1937) * ''The Pan American Highway'' (1942) * ''The Falcon of Eric the Red'' ( 1942) * ''The Bells of Leyden'' (1944) * ''The Amazon'' (1944) * ''Sequoya'' (1946) * ''Scatter, the Chipmunk'' (1946) * ''Martin and Abraham Lincoln'' (1947)''The Blue Cat of Castle Town'' (1949)
* ''Ah-yo-ka: Daughter of Sequoya'' (1950) * ''The Beggars' Penny'' (1943)
References
Further reading
* - Autobiography of William Coblentz * - Describe her life on pages 78–79External links
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