Mary Mapes Dodge

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Mary Mapes Dodge was a 19th-century American children's author and editor best known for writing the classic novel "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates."

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Mary Mapes Dodge canonical 4
Mary Elizabeth Mapes 1

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instanceOf American writer
children's writer
editor
human
basedIn New York City
birthName Mary Mapes Dodge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mary Elizabeth Mapes
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1831-01-26
dateOfDeath 1905-08-21
educatedBy home education
employer St. Nicholas Magazine
familyName Dodge
father James Jay Mapes
fieldOfWork children's literature
genre children's literature
givenName Mary
hasChild James Mapes Dodge
surface form: Harrington M. Dodge

James Mapes Dodge
influenced development of American children's magazines
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Elizabeth Mapes
movement 19th-century American literature
nationality American
notableAchievement helped establish high standards for American children's magazines
notableWork Along the Way
Baby World and Other Stories
Donald and Dorothy
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
Rhymes and Jingles
The Golden Gate and Other Poems
The Irvington Stories
The Land of Pluck
When Life is Young
occupation author
editor
magazine editor
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Elka Park, New York
surface form: Onteora Park, Tannersville, New York
positionHeld editor of St. Nicholas Magazine
residence Irvington, New York
sexOrGender female
spouse William Dodge Jr.
workPeriod 19th century
writingStyle didactic yet entertaining children's fiction

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Nook Farm hasNotableResident Mary Mapes Dodge
Llewellyn Park hasNotableResident Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge House associatedWith Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge House namedAfter Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge birthName Mary Mapes Dodge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mary Elizabeth Mapes