- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Dean of American Letters
- William Dean Howells was born on March 1, 1837 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), Studio 57 (1954) and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999). He was married to Elinore Gertrude Mead. He died on May 11, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseElinore Gertrude Mead(December 24, 1862 - 1910) (her death, 3 children)
- Biography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume 134, pp. 242-261. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc., 1992
- Biography in: "Dictionary of American Biography". Volume V, pp. 306-311. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
- Biography in: "National Cyclopædia of American Biography". Volume I, pp. 281-282. New York: James T. White & Company, 1898.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Volume 11, pages 355-359. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- First president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, from its founding in 1904 until his death in 1920.
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