Frederick Myron Colby (December 9, 1848 – May 19, 1920) was an American writer, educator and politician.
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| Born | December 9, 1848 Warner, New Hampshire, US |
| Died | May 19, 1920 (aged 71) Warner, New Hampshire |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, educator, politician |
| Political party | Democrat |
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Biography
editFrederick Myron Colby was born in Warner, New Hampshire on December 9, 1848.[1]
He wrote for a variety of publications aimed at youths such as The Youth's Companion and St. Nicholas. He was also a regular contributor to Granite Monthly. He also wrote a series of historical books aimed primarily at children. He was the head of Simonds Free High School in his hometown of Warner, New Hampshire, from 1910 to 1915. He was a Democrat who held a variety of local offices in Warner and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congress in 1908. He married the writer H. Maria George Colby on December 24, 1882.[1][2]
Colby died at his home in Warner on May 19, 1920.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Stearns, Ezra S., ed. (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. IV. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 1570. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 190.
- ^ "Frederick Myron Colby". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Warner, New Hampshire (published May 20, 1920). May 19, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Henry Harrison Metcalf and Frances M. Abbott. One Thousand New Hampshire Notables (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company, 1919), p. 4.
Bibliography
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN 9780722217139.
