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Julia Ellsworth Ford

Ford, Julia Ellsworth

April 6, 1859 – August 14, 1950 (aged 91)

Birth place: New York City, New York, USA

1 English-language book

Year Type Title Author(s)
1919 Chapbook Snickerty Nick Julia Ellsworth Ford & Witter Bynner

Julia Ellsworth Ford was a New York socialite, art collector and patron, and author of children's books. She was married to Simeon Ford, a financier and co-owner of the Grand Union Hotel in New York. Ford presided over a salon that included the Lebanese mystic Kahlil Gibran, Irish poet W. B. Yeats, and American dancer Isadora Duncan. Her published works include: Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908), Imagina (1914), and Snickerty Nick (1919), among others. (Julia Ellsworth Ford Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.)
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