He married Martha Barker Wolcott on May 23, 1883. She died in 1903, and he remarried to Helen Sanborn Sargent on January 7, 1914. They had two sons.[2]
Ripley Hitchcock died at the Park Avenue Hotel in Manhattan on May 5, 1918.[5]
Bibliographyedit
Wikisource has original works by or about: Ripley Hitchcock
The Western Art Movement (New York, 1885)
A Study of George Jenness, with a catalogue of the Jenness exhibition (1885)
Etching in America (1886)
Madonnas by old masters (1888)
Some American painters in water colors: Fac-similes of new works by William D. Smedley ... [et al.] ; with portraits of the artists and representations of their work in black-and-white (1890)
Thomas De Quincey: A study (1899)
Louisiana Purchases Explorations Early History Building Of West (1903)
Richard Henry Stoddard: Some personal notes (1903)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1905)
Referencesedit
^ abcdWertheim, Stanley (1997). A Stephen Crane Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 155. ISBN9780313296925.
^ abThe National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVIII. James T. White & Company. 1922. pp. 173–174. Retrieved December 28, 2020 – via Google Books.
^Lingeman, Richard . "The Biographical Significance of Jennie Gerhardt". Dreiser's Jennie Gerhardt: New Essays on the Restored Text. Ed. James L. W., III West. University of Pennsylvania Press: 1996, pages 11–13
^"Ripley Hitchcock Dead". Brooklyn Eagle. May 6, 1918. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External linksedit
Finding aid to Ripley Hitchcock papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
April 11, 2024
ripley, hitchcock, born, james, ripley, wellman, hitchcock, 1857, 1918, prominent, american, editor, edited, works, rudyard, kipling, arthur, conan, doyle, zane, grey, joel, chandler, harris, stephen, crane, theodore, dreiser, bornjames, ripley, wellman, hitch. Ripley Hitchcock born James Ripley Wellman Hitchcock 1857 1918 was a prominent American editor He edited the works of Rudyard Kipling Arthur Conan Doyle Zane Grey Joel Chandler Harris Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser 1 Ripley HitchcockBornJames Ripley Wellman Hitchcock 1857 07 03 July 3 1857Fitchburg MassachusettsDiedMay 5 1918 1918 05 05 aged 60 New York New YorkOccupation s Editor writerSpousesMartha Barker Wolcott m 1883 died 1903 wbr Helen Sanborn Sargent m 1914 wbr Children2 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editRipley Hitchcock was born in Fitchburg Massachusetts on July 3 1857 1 2 His father was surgeon Alfred Hitchcock 1813 1874 He graduated from Harvard University in 1877 After his graduation he was a special student at Harvard in fine arts and philosophy He attended lectures at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons for one year 3 He started work as a journalist for The New York Tribune in 1882 In 1890 he became literary adviser for D Appleton amp Company in which capacity he edited Edward Noyes Westcott s narrative David Harum 1898 into a bestseller later made into a film From 1902 to 1906 he worked for A S Barnes as vice president From 1906 onwards he worked as an editor for Harper and Brothers 1 He unfanged Stephen Crane s lewd details and Theodore Dreiser s irony 4 He also wrote books on art and the history of the West and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters the Century Association and the Authors Club 1 He married Martha Barker Wolcott on May 23 1883 She died in 1903 and he remarried to Helen Sanborn Sargent on January 7 1914 They had two sons 2 Ripley Hitchcock died at the Park Avenue Hotel in Manhattan on May 5 1918 5 Bibliography edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Ripley Hitchcock The Western Art Movement New York 1885 A Study of George Jenness with a catalogue of the Jenness exhibition 1885 Etching in America 1886 Madonnas by old masters 1888 Some American painters in water colors Fac similes of new works by William D Smedley et al with portraits of the artists and representations of their work in black and white 1890 Thomas De Quincey A study 1899 Louisiana Purchases Explorations Early History Building Of West 1903 Richard Henry Stoddard Some personal notes 1903 The Lewis and Clark Expedition 1905 References edit a b c d Wertheim Stanley 1997 A Stephen Crane Encyclopedia Westport CT Greenwood Press p 155 ISBN 9780313296925 a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol XVIII James T White amp Company 1922 pp 173 174 Retrieved December 28 2020 via Google Books One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Wilson J G Fiske J eds 1892 Hitchcock Alfred Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography New York D Appleton Lingeman Richard The Biographical Significance of Jennie Gerhardt Dreiser s Jennie Gerhardt New Essays on the Restored Text Ed James L W III West University of Pennsylvania Press 1996 pages 11 13 Ripley Hitchcock Dead Brooklyn Eagle May 6 1918 p 14 Retrieved December 28 2020 via Newspapers com External links editFinding aid to Ripley Hitchcock papers at Columbia University Rare Book amp Manuscript Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ripley Hitchcock amp oldid 1194458014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
