Fritz, Jean
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Variants
- Guttery, Jean
Additional Information
Birth Date
- (edtf) 1915-11-16
Death Date
- (edtf) 2017-05-14
Birth Place
- Hankou (Wuhan, China)
Death Place
- Sleepy Hollow (N.Y.)
Associated Locale
- United States
Associated Locale
- West Hartford (Conn.)
Associated Locale
- Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Her Bunny Hopewell's first spring, 1954.
- found: Her Surprising myself, c1992:CIP t.p. (Jean Fritz) data sheet (b. 11-16-15; prominent children's bk. author)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed May 19, 2017(in obituary published May 17: Jean Fritz; b. Jean Guttery, Nov. 16, 1915, Hankow, China; returned to the U.S. with her family in the late 1920s and was reared in West Hartford, Conn.; m. Michael Fritz, 1941 (d. 1995); d. Sunday [May 14, 2017], Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., aged 101; previously a longtime resident of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; award-winning writer whose work helped transform historical biographies for children from leaden recitals of battles and dates into warm, human narratives full of quirks and crotchets and satisfyingly strange facts)
LC Classification
- PS3556.R5697
Change Notes
- 1980-03-13: new
- 2017-05-19: revised
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