Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston
Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston | |
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| Born | Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy June 27, 1812 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 1899 (aged 87) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Genre | poems, novels, hymns, diary |
| Spouse |
Robert C. Waterston
(m. 1840; died 1893) |
| Children | Helen Ruthven Waterston |
| Parents | Josiah Quincy III |
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Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston (née, Quincy; pen names, A. C. Q. W. and W. A. C. Q.; June 27, 1812 – October 14, 1899) was a 19th-century American writer from Massachusetts. The youngest daughter of Boston's mayor and Harvard University president Josiah Quincy III, she was a member of a prominent family with a wide circle of friends, and was intimately associated with many distinguished people of her era. Waterston published her works, including poems, novels, hymns, and articles in The Atlantic Monthly. Her diary was published posthumously. A sculptor created a carved marble bust of Waterston that is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.