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'''Barbra MacGahan''' (1852-1904) is a Russian-American [[Journalist]] and [[Novelist]] and is born in [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Russia]]. She is famous for writing her first novel in Russian under a fictitious name "Pavel Kashirin" and under another English pen name of "Xenia Repnina".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/4038.html|title=Barbara MacGahan (1852-1904). Ayres, ed. 1917. The Reader's Dictionary of Authors|website=www.bartleby.com|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref> |
'''Barbra MacGahan''' (1852-1904) is a Russian-American [[Journalist]] and [[Novelist]] and is born in [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Russia]]. She is famous for writing her first novel in Russian under a fictitious name "Pavel Kashirin" and under another English pen name of "Xenia Repnina".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/4038.html|title=Barbara MacGahan (1852-1904). Ayres, ed. 1917. The Reader's Dictionary of Authors|website=www.bartleby.com|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref> |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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She was born on April 26, 1852 in Tulsa, Russia under the [[Tula Governorate|Tulsa Governorate]] in the [[Russian Empire]] as the daughter of Nicolas Elagin. In 1866 she graduated from The Tulsa Female Seminary and led a well-to-do life. In 1871 she met her future husband New York Herald war correspondent reporter [[Januarius MacGahan|Januarius McGahan]] on a trip to the Crimea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://foreigners-georgia.blogspot.com/2016/01/barbara-macgahan-sons-and-daughters-of.html|title=Georgia through Foreign Eyes: Barbara MacGahan, "Sons and Daughters of Feudal Sires" (1896)|last=Mikaberidze|first=Alex|date=2016-01-17|website=Georgia through Foreign Eyes|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref> |
She was born on April 26, 1852 in Tulsa, Russia under the [[Tula Governorate|Tulsa Governorate]] in the [[Russian Empire]] as the daughter of Nicolas Elagin. In 1866 she graduated from The Tulsa Female Seminary and led a well-to-do life. In 1871 she met her future husband [[New York Herald]] war correspondent reporter [[Januarius MacGahan|Januarius McGahan]] on a trip to the Crimea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://foreigners-georgia.blogspot.com/2016/01/barbara-macgahan-sons-and-daughters-of.html|title=Georgia through Foreign Eyes: Barbara MacGahan, "Sons and Daughters of Feudal Sires" (1896)|last=Mikaberidze|first=Alex|date=2016-01-17|website=Georgia through Foreign Eyes|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref> |
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After two year in January 1873 they got married in [[France]] and she moved around with her husband to Lyons, Spain (1874-1875 with the Carlist Army during the Spanish War) , England, France, Russia, Turkey and later moving to Romania where she stayed throughout the Russo-Turkish War. She was also accompanied by her three-year old son.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486&lpg=PA486&dq=Barbara+MacGahan&source=bl&ots=fY4g2Z2WXX&sig=I1NNsLop3PT5BJmS4zaF1h14Aao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibjOTBq-jSAhVk4YMKHQbsAsUQ6AEIPDAJ#v=onepage&q=Barbara%20MacGahan&f=false|title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life|last=Willard|first=Frances Elizabeth|date=1893-01-01|publisher=Moulton|language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:57, 21 March 2017
Barbra MacGahan (1852-1904) is a Russian-American Journalist and Novelist and is born in Tula, Russia. She is famous for writing her first novel in Russian under a fictitious name "Pavel Kashirin" and under another English pen name of "Xenia Repnina".[1]
Early life
She was born on April 26, 1852 in Tulsa, Russia under the Tulsa Governorate in the Russian Empire as the daughter of Nicolas Elagin. In 1866 she graduated from The Tulsa Female Seminary and led a well-to-do life. In 1871 she met her future husband New York Herald war correspondent reporter Januarius McGahan on a trip to the Crimea.[2]
After two year in January 1873 they got married in France and she moved around with her husband to Lyons, Spain (1874-1875 with the Carlist Army during the Spanish War) , England, France, Russia, Turkey and later moving to Romania where she stayed throughout the Russo-Turkish War. She was also accompanied by her three-year old son.[3]
Career
See also
References
- ^ "Barbara MacGahan (1852-1904). Ayres, ed. 1917. The Reader's Dictionary of Authors". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Mikaberidze, Alex (2016-01-17). "Georgia through Foreign Eyes: Barbara MacGahan, "Sons and Daughters of Feudal Sires" (1896)". Georgia through Foreign Eyes. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth (1893-01-01). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton.
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