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Blanche Mary Chaning
Blanche Mary Channing (February 26, 1860 – August 9, 1902) was a poet and writer of juvenile fiction. Early life Blanche Mary Channing was born on February 26, 1860. She was the daughter of Julia Maria (née Allen) and William Henry Channing, a Unitarian clergyman in England and America. Her brother was Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing of Wellingborough, Francis Allston Channing, later the 1st Baron Channing of Wellingborough and a member of the British Parliament. Her great-uncle was William Ellery Channing the foremost Unitarianism, Unitarian preacher in the 19th century. Other notable greatuncles include physician and Harvard professor Walter Channing (physician), Walter Channing and Havard professor of rhetoric Edward Tyrrel Channing. In addition, her first cousin once-removed was the transcendentalist poet William Ellery Channing. Career Channing was a writer and poet, known for her children's books. Her poems were popular during the Spanish–American War era and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the Metropolitan statistical area, eleventh-largest in the United States. Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritans, Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
