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Hobart Chatfield-Taylor.

Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (born Hobart Taylor; March 24, 1865 – January 17, 1945) was an American writer, novelist, and biographer.

Early life

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He was born in Chicago to Henry Hobart Taylor and Adelaide Chatfield Taylor in 1865 as Hobart Taylor, but appended the "Chatfield" to his surname as the stipulation of a large inheritance from his maternal uncle Wayne Chatfield (making his full name Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor). He graduated from Cornell University in 1886.

Career

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He edited a literary journal called America for a few years, and also served as consul to Spain in Chicago. He published his first novel, With Edge Tools, in 1891.[1][2]

Personal life

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Image of his first wife, Rose Farwell, in 1901
A photograph of his second wife, Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, in 1914.

In 1890, he was married to Rose Farwell, daughter of former United States Senator Charles B. Farwell.[3][4] Her sister, Anna, was the wife of composer Reginald de Koven.[5] His wife's portrait was painted by the Swiss-born American society painter Adolfo Müller-Ury, three quarter-length in 1893 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in February 1894), and half-length drawing on a pair of white gloves in 1894 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in January 1895); both are unlocated. Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:

  • Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor (1891–1982), who married Hendricks Hallett Whitman in 1912. They divorced in 1932,[6] and she married William Davies Sohier Jr. in 1940.[7]
  • Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (1893–1967), who served as Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[8]
  • Otis Chatfield-Taylor (1899–1948),[9] a writer, playwright, editor, theatrical producer who married Janet Benson in 1931. They divorced in 1934,[10] and he married Marochka Borisovna Anisfeld,[11] a daughter of Boris Anisfeld, in 1936.[12]
  • Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (1908–1980), who married Valborg Edison Palmer in 1928.[13]

After the death of his first wife in 1918, he remarried to Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, the widow of George S. Stillman and daughter of George Harrison Barbour,[14] in 1920.[15][16]

Chatfield-Taylor died at his home in California on January 17, 1945.[15]

Bibliography

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H.C. Chatfield-Taylor.

Books published by Chatfield-Taylor include:

  • With Edge Tools (1891)
  • An American Peeress (1893)
  • Two Women and a Fool (1895)
  • The Land of the Castanet: Spanish Sketches (1896)
  • The Vice of Fools (1897)
  • The Idle Born (1900)
  • The Crimson Wing (1902)
  • Molière: a biography (1906)
  • Fame's Pathway (1909)
  • Goldoni : a biography (1913) (on Carlo Goldoni)[17]
  • Chicago (1917)
  • Cities of Many Men (1925)
  • Tawny Spain (1927)
  • Charmed Circles (1935)

References

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  1. ^ Dole, Nathan Haskell. The Bibliophile Dictionary: A Biographical Record of the Great Authors, p. 125 (1904)
  2. ^ "Brief Reviews of Lately Published Books". The New York Times. 17 April 1909. Retrieved 6 June 2020. Mr. H.C. Chatfield-Taylor is known by several novels, and furthermore, by a biography of Moliere which revealed a good deal of painstaking research.
  3. ^ Kelsey, Susan L.; Miller, Arthur H. (2015). Legendary Locals of Lake Forest. Arcadia Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4396-5400-2. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "ALTER FARWELL, FINANCIER, IS DEAD; Member of Old Chicago Family, Son of Late U. S. Senator-Stricken Here at 80 DIRECTOR OF LONDON FIRM Brother of Mrs. Reginald de Koven--Late Wife Was War I Correspondent in Russia". The New York Times. 1 August 1943. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "De Koven, Anna Farwell". woodmereartmuseum.org. Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "H.H. WHITMAN, 66, TEXTILE MAN, DEAD; Chairman of William Whitman Co., Manufacturers, Succumbs in France on World Cruise". The New York Times. 19 March 1950. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Meg Whitman to Wed June 7". The New York Times. 20 April 1980. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ^ Times, Special to The New York TimesThe New York (23 November 1967). "Wayne Chatfield Taylor Dead; Roosevelt and Truman Aide, 73; Banker Held Major Posts in Commerce, Treasury and the Export-Import Bank In Many Public Posts Envoy at Trade Meetings". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (18 January 1948). "WRITER IS KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS; Otis Chatfieid-Taylor, Long Known in Theatre and Press, Fatally Hurt at Croton". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  10. ^ "THREE DIVORCES IN RENO.; Chatfield-Taylors, R.E. Sherwoods and J.D. Pierces Parted". The New York Times. 16 June 1934. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths CHATFIELD TAYLOR, MAROCHKA". The New York Times. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  12. ^ "MAROCHKA ANISFELD WED; Daughter of Chicago Artist Bride of Otis Chatfield-Taylor". The New York Times. 7 May 1936. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. ^ "VALBORG E. PALMER WED.; Becomes Bride of Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor". The New York Times. 8 November 1928. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. ^ The Metal Worker, Plumber, and Steam Fitter. D. Williams Company. 1920. p. 51. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (17 January 1945). "H.C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR; Author, Authority on Moliere, Dies in California at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. ^ Greasley, Philip A. (2001). Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors. Indiana University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-253-10841-8. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  17. ^ Goldoni: A biography (full text online) (1913 publication date in this volume; some sources will state book was published in 1914)
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