URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Merle S.
Variants
- Haas, Merle S.
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1896
Death Date
- 1985-01-07
Has Affiliation
- Organization: White Plains Hospital
Has Affiliation
- Organization: St. Agnes Hospital (White Plains, N.Y.)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Blythedale Children's Hospital (Valhalla, N.Y.)
Birth Place
- Portland (Or.)
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- French
Field of Activity
Occupation
Translator
Nurse's aide
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Haas, Merle S.
Sources
- found: Brunhoff, J. Babar the King, 1986, c1963:CIP t.p. (Merle S. Haas) book t.p. (Merle Haas)
- found: LC data base, 11/13/85(hdg.: Haas, Merle S.; usage: Merle Haas)
- found: Brunhoff, L. Babar's cousin, that rascal Arthur, 1948:title page (translated from the French by Merle Haas)
- found: NYTimes obituary dated January 8, 1985, via WWW, July 18, 2014(Merle Haas, Babar translator; Merle S. Haas, known to three generations of children for her translation from French to English of dozens of Babar books, the beguiling stories of the debonair elephant, died of pneumonia yesterday [January 7, 1985] at her home in Manhattan. She was 88 years old; born in Portland, Ore.; she grew up in Manhattan, and she lived in Scarsdale, N.Y., for 40 years; summer home was in Arlington, Vt.; was a nurse's aide for 20 years at White Plains Hospital and St. Agnes Hospitals in White Plains. She also worked for many years at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y. ) - http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/08/nyregion/merle-haas-babar-translator.html
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Change Notes
- 1985-11-18: new
- 2023-04-21: revised
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