Anne Kendrick Benedict
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Anne Elizabeth Kendrick Benedict (April 26, 1851[2] – October 24, 1922) was an American author of children's literature focusing on scientific topics, such as physiology, and an author of religious periodicals.
Early life and education[edit]
Anne Kendrick Benedict was born to Asahel Clark and Anne Elizabeth (Hopkins) Kendrick in Rochester, New York.[3] Anne Kendrick has one known sister, Florence. At the age of 15, Anne Kendrick attended Elmira Female College in Elmira, New York, obtaining a B.A in 1870. At her graduation, Anne Kendrick gave a commencement speech entitled Demosthenes and St. Paul.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Benedict married Wayland Benedict[4] in 1873 and then moved to Cincinnati between July 1875 and December 1878. The Benedicts had six children: Mary, Wayland Clark, Howard, Florence, Stanley Rossiter Benedict, and Agnes.[5] Their son Stanley became a noted chemist and discovered the Benedict's reagent. She attended what is now the Morning Star Baptist Church while living in Cincinnati.
She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1922.[6]
Publications[edit]
Anne Kendrick Benedict was a writer of children's science and religious literature. Her most famous story, My Wonder-Story,[7] was published by the Lothrop Company in 1888 and is about a mother who explores the anatomy and physiology of the human body with her children Jack and Florence.[8] Another of her more popular publications includes The Hathaways' Sister, "a girl's [baptist] book about girls who are not unnaturally good nor bad."[9] Some of her other works include Centa, The Child Violinist,[10] The Island Story,[11] The Fisherman's Daughter,[11] The Enchanted Deer,[12] The Home Circle (published April 18, 1883),[13] and How We Are Made (published April 11, 1883).[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Elmira College Archives, Emira, N.Y.
- ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "Page:Woman's who's who of America, 1914–15.djvu/81 – Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ McCollum, Elmer (1952). Stanley Rossiter Benedict 1884—1936. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences. p. 3.
- ^ "Well-Known Educator". The Boston Globe. July 23, 1915. p. 10. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Deaths". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 27, 1922. p. 8. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ Benedict, Anne Kendrick (1888). My wonder-story. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Information and Library Science Library. Boston, Lothrop Pub. Co.
- ^ Book Chat. Brentano Bros. 1888.
- ^ Public Opinion. Public Opinion Company. 1896.
- ^ The Publishers' Trade List Annual. R. R. Bowker Company. 1899.
- ^ a b The Annual American Catalogue. Publishers' Weekly. 1897.
- ^ Bacon, Leonard; Thompson, Joseph Parrish; Storrs, Richard Salter; Beecher, Henry Ward; Leavitt, Joshua; Bowen, Henry Chandler; Tilton, Theodore; Ward, William Hayes; Fuller, Harold de Wolf (1884). The Independent. Independent Publications, incorporated.
- ^ "C19 Index – Information Site". c19index.chadwyck.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ^ "C19 Index – Information Site". c19index.chadwyck.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.