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S. J. Higginson

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S. J. Higginson
BornJanuary 15, 1840 Edit this on Wikidata
Chester County Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMarch 21, 1916 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76)
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)J. C. F. van Heerdt, Stephen Higginson III Edit this on Wikidata

Sarah Jane Hatfield Krauser van Heerdt Higginson, Baroness van Heerdt (January 15, 1840 – March 21, 1916) was an American author who published under the name S. J. Higginson.

She was born Sarah Jane Hatfield on January 15, 1840 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Hatfield and Eleanor Nutt Hatfield.[1] Her works include the lost race novel A Princess of Java: A Tale of the Far East (1887) and the travel book Java, the Pearl of the East (1890).[2][3]

S. J. Higginson died on 21 March 1916 in New York City.[1]

Personal life

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Her first marriage was to a man named Krauser and they had two children, Oscar and Florence.[1] On September 24, 1866, in Baltimore, Maryland, she married the Dutch jurist Jacob Carel Frederik, Baron van Heerdt (1819-1878). They lived in the Dutch East Indies and had a son, who died young.[4][3] On May 15, 1874, in Brooklyn, New York, she married Stephen Higginson III, a coffee importer and diplomat. They had one son, Stephen.[1][3]

Bibliography

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A princess of Java
  • A Princess of Java: A Tale of the Far East (1887)
  • Java, the Pearl of the East (1890)
  • The Bedouin Girl (1894)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "GUIDE TO THE FULLER-HIGGINSON FAMILY PAPERS" (PDF). Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association.
  2. ^ "SFE: Higginson, S J". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c The Americana, a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. Biographies. University of California. New York, The Author. 1923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Heerdt, Mr. Jacob Carel Frederik baron van". Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 9, P.J. Blok, P.C. Molhuysen (in Dutch). 1933. Retrieved October 10, 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)