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Keith, Marian, 1876-1961


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  • Variants

    • MacGregor, Esther, 1876-1961
    • MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller, 1876-1961
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  • Identifies RWO

    • Birth Date

        [1872-08-27,1874,1876]
    • Death Date

        1961-02-10
    • Descriptor

        Anonyms and pseudonyms
    • Birth Place

        Oro (Ont.)
    • Birth Place

        Rugby (Ont.)
    • Occupation

      Novelists

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller, 1876-1961
    • Sources

      • found: Duncan Polite, [1905]:title page (by Marian Keith)
      • found: The end of the rainbow, [1913]:title page (by Marian Keith, author of "'Lisbeth of the dale," "Treasure Valley," Duncan Polite," etc.)
      • found: Happy heart comes to Canada, 1914:title page (by Esther MacGregor (Marian Keith))
      • found: Lilacs in the dooryard, 1952:t.p. (Mary Esther Miller MacGregor) biog data (b. 1876; d. 1961)
      • found: Lilacs in the dooryard, 1952:title page (Marian Keith)
      • found: Hei xu fan, 2003:t.p. (Marian Keith) Lai's pref. (Marian Keith is the pen name of Mary Esther Miller MacGregor)
      • found: Simon Fraser University library catalog, Sep. 29, 2022:(MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller; b. Aug. 27, 1872, Rugby, Oro Township, Simcoe, Ontario; alt. identity, Marian Keith; teacher (school); journalist; d. Feb. 10, 1961, e Owen Sound, Ontario; "It seems that Mary Esther Miller MacGregor has mistakenly been listed as the author of several children's stories published from 1905-1914; there is no evidence, however, that the author "Mary MacGregor" is the same as the writer who called herself "Marian Keith"")
      • found: Wikipedia, viewed 8 July 2024:Mary Esther MacGregor (born August 27, 1872, Rugby, Ontario; received a teacher's certificate from the Toronto Normal School in 1896; taught in Orillia for seven years beginning in 1899; began writing in 1905, adopting the pen name Marian Keith because another author (Esther Miller) had the same name; married a minister and moved several times to places in central Ontario to support her husband's career, spending a fair amount of time in London; authored more than a dozen novels and several biographies; following her husband's death in 1946, lived with her sister in Owen Sound; died February 10, 1961, Owen Sound, Ontario)
      • found: Orillia Museum of Art & History web site, viewed 8 July 2024:Orillia Hall of Fame Inductee author Marian Keith (born in 1874; wrote seventeen novels and one screenplay)
    • Editorial Notes

      • [Not to be confused with: MacGregor, Mary]
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    • Change Notes

      • 2007-02-20: new
      • 2024-07-16: revised
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