Alice James

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Alice James was an American diarist and intellectual from the prominent James family, known for her incisive journals that document her struggles with illness and her reflections on late 19th-century life.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf diarist
intellectual
person
writer
activeInPeriod late 19th century
archivesAt Houghton Library
surface form: Houghton Library, Harvard University
causeOfDeath breast cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1848-08-07
dateOfDeath 1892-03-06
educatedBy private tutors
ethnicGroup White American
familyName James
father Henry James Sr.
genre diary
memoir
givenName Alice
hasDisability chronic illness
depression
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod Victorian era
memberOf James family
mother Mary Walsh James
movement 19th-century literature
name Alice James self-link
nationality American
notableFor accounts of chronic illness
incisive personal journals
reflections on late 19th-century life
notableWork The Diary of Alice James
occupation diarist
writer
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Leamington Spa
posthumousPublication The Diary of Alice James
relative Henry James
William James
religion raised in a Swedenborgian-influenced household
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender female
sibling Garth Wilkinson James
Henry James
Robertson James
William James
subjectOf biographical studies on the James family

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary Walsh James child Alice James
Henry James Sr. fatherOf Alice James
Henry James Sr. hasChild Alice James
Alice James name Alice James self-link
Mary Walsh James notableRelative Alice James
Henry James sibling Alice James
William James sibling Alice James