Harriette Merrifield Forbes

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Harriette Merrifield Forbes
Born(1856-10-22)22 October 1856
Worcester, United States of America
Died1951
NationalityAmerican
OccupationHistorian
Notable workGravestones 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[edit]

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.[1] He later became judge in Worcester in 1888.[2]

Forbes was one of the pioneers of gravestone art.[3] She photographed the early gravestones throughout central and eastern Massachusetts, even before the invention of the technically advanced “Brownie camera and flexible film”.[4] Her extensive works on stone carvers and gravestones were published in 1927 as[5] 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.[6]

Esther Forbes (1891-1967), author and antiquarian, was one of her daughters.[7] Forbes “served as her daughter's most important researcher.” [8]

She died in 1951.

Works[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
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