Mary Elizabeth Wormeley was born on July 26, 1822, in London, the daughter of Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley[1] (1785–1852) and Caroline (née Preble) Wormeley (1799–1872). Her father, a native of Virginia, was an Admiral of the British navy,[2] and preceding his death, resided in Boston, Massachusetts. Among her siblings was Ariana Randolph Wormeley, who married the American lawyer and banker Daniel Sargent Curtis, and the nurse and author Katherine Prescott Wormeley.
Her sisters were Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the translator, and Ariana Randolph Wormeley Curtis (1834–1922), a writer who published the comedy entitled The Coming Woman, or the Spirit of '76 in 1870, which has been acted in public and private both in the United States and in Europe.[4] Ariana was married to prominent banker and patron of the arts, Daniel Sargent Curtis (1825–1908).[5]
Education and careeredit
She was educated by tutors and at a school in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Early travels also helped educate her.[6] She spent the winter of 1842 in Boston as the guest of the family of George Ticknor, and in that environment received much encouragement of her interest in literature.[3]
The daughter resided several years in Newport, Rhode Island, and in 1856,[3] after gaining a reputation as a writer. After spending several years raising her children, she began writing again in 1876.[6]
Personal lifeedit
Around 1856, she married Randolph Brandt Latimer (1821–1903) of Baltimore.[4] From 1856 to 1876, she devoted herself to raising a family, including:[2]
^ abcd"Noted Woman Writer Dead.; Mrs. Mary E.W. Latimer, Authoress, Dies at Baltimore Home". The New York Times. Baltimore. January 5, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abcFrances E. Willard; Mary A. R. Livermore, eds. (1897). "Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley". American Women. Vol. 2. New York, Chicago, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. p. 451.
^Pub, Matthews, George E. , & Co (1898). The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century ... G.E. Matthews & Co. Retrieved August 23, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Harvey, Joyce; Ogilvie, Marilyn, eds. (July 27, 2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203801451.
^"Ralph Randolph Latimer; Member of Old Maryland Family Is Dead in Venice". The New York Times. January 13, 1932. p. 23. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^Railway Signaling and Communications. Simmons-Boardman. 1908. p. 443. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^"New Books and New Editions". The New York Times. January 16, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Books and Authors.; Notes of Forthcoming and Recent Publications". The New York Times. October 15, 1898. p. 28. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"The Prince Incognito". The New York Times. April 19, 1902. p. 25. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External linksedit
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