Author for children Frank R. Stockton

Frank R. Stockton

Living place: Philadelphia

Birthday: 5-4-1834

Global rank: #58341

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Who is Author for children Frank R. Stockton?
An American writer of children's fairy tales, he is remembered most loudly for The Lady, or Tiger? (1882) VA The Hundreth Man (1886). later works this of him to include the Captain Toll-Gate (1903) and The Lost Dryad (1912).
His father, a pastor, encouraged him to pursue a career in writing.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He worked as a woodcarver before writing for a Philadelphia newspaper founded by his brother.

Family life info

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After his marriage to Mary Ann Edwards Tuttle, he settled in Nutley, New Jersey.

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His stories The Griffin and the Little Canon (1885) and The Bee-Man of Orn (1887) were illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

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When was Author for children Frank R. Stockton born?
Frank R. Stockton was born in 5-4-1834, death year is , at the age of 190.
Where is Author for children Frank R. Stockton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Frank R. Stockton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Frank R. Stockton's global rank is 58341 and whose rank is 183 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1834 and 5-4

Birthday Frank R. Stockton (5-4) in history

  • Day 5-4 year 1614: Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan school prisoner (who was made into an animated movie called Pocahontas), married John Rolfe. It was a shocking event when a native married a British colonist.
  • Day 5-4 year 1792: George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
  • Day 5-4 year 1887: Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
  • Day 5-4 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.
  • Day 5-4 year 1955: Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.
  • Day 5-4 year 1971: Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
  • Day 5-4 year 1999: Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.
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