Grace Norton
Grace Norton (1834 – May 5, 1926) was an American scholar and lecturer.
She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parent Andrew Norton and Catherine Eliot Norton[[1]]
. She was the sister of Charles Eliot Norton.[2] She was educated in Cambridge, and read extensively about the literature of France. Norton began studying French authors, chief among them Michel de Montaigne. An expert on Montaigne and the works of other authors, Norton travelled, lectured, and wrote about them. Her articles appeared in World Literature Today, The Nation, and other publications.[3][4]
She was a correspondent with Henry James, and worked with Pierre Villey.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Grace Norton in the Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Miss Grace Norton Dies In Cambridge". Newspapers.com. May 5, 1926. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ "Norton, Grace,1834-1926. Grace Norton portfolio of Nation articles, 1884-1899: Guide". Harvard University Library. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Norton, Grace 1834-1926. Papers of Grace Norton, ca.1898: A Finding Aid". Harvard University Library. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ Desan, Philippe (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Montaigne. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190215330.
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