| Harriette Merrifield Forbes | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1856-10-22)22 October 1856 Worcester, United States of America |
| Died | 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Notable work | Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them (1927) |
Harriette Merrifield Forbes (October 22, 1856 – 1951) was an American author, artist, gardener and botanical collector.
Biography
Harriette Merrifield Forbes was born as Hattie Merrifield on 22 October 1856 in Worcester, United States of America. She married William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931), who taught mathematics at Robert College in Constantinople, and moved to USA to study law. He later became judge in Worcester in 1888.
Forbes was one of the pioneers of gravestone art. She photographed the early gravestones throughout central and eastern Massachusetts, even before the invention of the technically advanced “Brownie camera and flexible film”. Her extensive works on stone carvers and gravestones were published in 1927 as the Early New England Gravestones and the Men Who Made Them, Hanson considers this, as “groundbreaking” since it became the base for other researches on this topic.
Esther Forbes (1891-1967), author and antiquarian, was one of her daughters. Forbes “served as her daughter's most important researcher.”
She died in 1951.
Works
Forbes's works include.
- Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them (1927)
- The Hundredth Town: Glimpses of Life in Westborough 1717-1817
- New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals
References
- Ibbotson, Chad (12 December 2019). Johnny Tremain - Literature Kit Gr. 7-8. Newton, IL United States: Classroom Complete Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-228-30496-8. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Sicherman, Barbara (1 January 1986). Notable American Women: The Modern Period: a Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, USA: Harvard University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-674-62733-8. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Feeser, Andrea (2012). The Materiality of Color: The Production, Circulation, and Application of Dyes and Pigments, 1400-1800. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publisher. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-409-42915-9. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Calloway, Colin G. (20 July 2000). After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England. Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States: UPNE. p. NA. ISBN 978-1-611-68061-4. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Lightfoot, D. Tulla (25 February 2019). The Culture and Art of Death in 19th Century America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-476-66537-5. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Hanson, John G.S. (25 October 2021). Reading the Gravestones of Old New England. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-476-68545-8. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- Hannan, Caryn (1 January 2008). Massachusetts Biographical Dictionary. North Dakota: State History Publications. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-878-59266-8. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- West, Mark I. (3 December 2014). Walt Disney, from Reader to Storyteller: Essays on the Literary Inspirations. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-476-61824-1. Retrieved 5 April 2022.