Wendell Phillips Garrison (June 4, 1840 – February 27, 1907) was an American editor and author.

Early life

Garrison was born on June 4, 1840 at

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. He was the third son of the

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and Helen Eliza ( Benson) Garrison. Among his three siblings were brother William Lloyd Garrison Jr. (a prominent advocate of the

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) and sister Helen Frances Garrison (a

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who married railroad tycoon

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). He graduated from

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in 1861 and his father's abolitionist newspaper, ''

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'', ended in 1865, after passage of the

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. Very much a successor was ''The Nation'', which began in 1865 and of which he was Literary Editor, but backed up by his father's vast network of contacts.

Career

As a young man, Garrison had adopted

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and

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beliefs. He had assisted E. L. Godkin in establishing the magazine.

, who merged ''The Nation'' with the ''

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'', was Garrison's brother-in-law. Garrison also wrote several books, including ''What Mr. Darwin Saw'', an abridged and illustrated version of Darwin's ''

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'' for children.

Personal life

In 1865, Garrison was married to Lucy McKim (1842–1877), daughter of Presbyterian minister

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and Sarah Allibone ( Speakman) McKim. Her younger brother was

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, a prominent architect with the firm of

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. Together, Wendell and Lucy lived in

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, and were the parents of three children, one daughter and two sons: * Lloyd McKim Garrison (1867–1900), who married Alice Kirkham in 1896. After his death she married Frederic Wait Lord. * Philip McKim Garrison (1869–1935), who married Marian Knight. * Katherine McKim Garrison (1873–1948), who married banker Charles Dyer Norton,

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and Secretary to President

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, in 1897. Garrison died on February 27, 1907 at Dr. Runyon's Sanitarium in

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Works

W. P. Garrison contributed to periodicals, compiled ''Bedside Poetry: A Parents' Assistant'' (1887), and wrote:
''What Mr. Darwin Saw in his Voyage Round the World in the Ship "Beagle",''
Harper & Bros., 1880 st Pub. 1879
''William Lloyd Garrison,''Vol. 2Vol. 3Vol. 4
Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1885-1889 ith his brother, F. J. Garrison, a life of their father
''The Reform of the Senate,''
Reprinted from the Atlantic Monthly, 1891.
''Parables for School and Home,''
Longmans, Green & Co., 1897.
''The New Gulliver,''
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''Memoirs of Henry Villard,''Vol. 2
Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1904.
''Letters and Memorials of Wendell Philips Garrison,''
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909 [1st Pub. 1908].

Articles

* ''"William Lloyd Garrison,"'' ''The Century Magazine'', August 1885. * ''"William James Stillman,"'' ''The Century Magazine'', September 1893.

References

External links

*
Correspondence of Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907
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