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Frederick B. Perkins (1828–1899)

Author of Scrope, or The Lost Library: A Novel of New York and Hartford

Includes the names: Frederick B. Perkins, Frederick B. Perkins, Frederic Beecher Perkins

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Canonical name
Perkins, Frederick B.
Legal name
Perkins, Frederick Beecher
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Date of birth
1828
Date of death
1899
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Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Place of death
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Places of residence
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Education
Yale University
Occupations
Library Director
Magazine editor
Relationships
Beecher, Lyman (grandfather)
Beecher, Henry Ward (uncle)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (aunt)
Beecher, Edward (uncle)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (daughter)
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Frederick Beecher Perkins, a member of the famous Beecher family, worked as a writer, magazine editor, and librarian at the Connecticut Historical Society, Boston Public Library, and San Francisco Public Library. He spent long periods away from home and eventually divorced his wife, Mary Anne Fitch Westcott, in 1869, leaving her and their two children nearly penniless.
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