GRANDPARENTS:
Benjamin "Gratz" Brown,20th Governor of Missouri #18514
Mary Hansome nee Gunn Brown # 76537193
PARENTS:
Robert Bruce Brown
Margaret "Maude" nee Johnson Brown
SIBLINGS:
Roberta Brown Rauch
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1908-1957
EDUCATION:
- 1923 attended boarding school in Switzerland - 1926-28 Dana Hall School in Wellesley,Norfolk County Massachusetts,
- Graduated 1932, B.A. in English
Hollins University,Roanoke, Virginia
- Attended the Writers Laboratory of the Bureau of Educational Experiments (the forerunner of the Bank Street College of Education)
CAREER:
In 1941 she gave up her job as editor of children's books and focused on her writings. She wrote as many as five books a year. In addition to publishing books under her own name, she used the pen names Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald,Kaintucky Brown and Juniper Sage.
She was a prolific writer of children's books, including such famous books as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
PERSONAL LIFE:
Hobbies:Hunting and shooting rabbits
Her personal life was often described as tumultuous.
Reportedly she lived in a house in Maine which she called "The Only House" where her friends, associates, editors, and lovers passed through.
She is known to have had numerous lovers including a long-term relationship with Blanche Oelrichs (pen name: Michael Strange),who was a poet/playwright, actress, and the former wife of John Barrymore. They were together for ten years in Manhatten, New York. Blanche died in 1950. In 1952 Margaret met and became engaged to James Stillman 'Pebble' Rockefeller Jr. They never married, however. She died in 1952 while in Nice, France from an embolism following surgery for appendicitis.
Her ashes were brought to Maine and scattered in the ocean off Vinalhaven,Maine. A simple stone marker on her island property commemorates her life.
∼Died from an embolism following a minor operation.
Parents: Father: Robert Bruce Brown, was Vice President of the American Manufacturing Company. Mother: Maude Johnson Brown, was from Virginia.
Brother, Benjamin Gratz, Jr.
Sister, Roberta Brown Rauch
When Margaret was an adult she had a Kerry Blue Terrier named Crispin's Crispian.
Education:
1923: Lausanne, Switzerland,
1926: Dana Hall in Wellesley, Mass.
1928: Entered Hollins College, Virginia
In 1935 she worked at Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers.
In 1937 her writing career with the publication of "When the Wind Blew."
From 1937 to 1952 She published over 100 picture books for children.
In her will, Margaret requested that her body be cremated and her ashes scattered to the sea at her beloved Only House in Maine. A simple rough stone was to mark the site with the words "Margaret Wise Brown, writer of Songs and Nonsense."
Benjamin "Gratz" Brown,20th Governor of Missouri #18514
Mary Hansome nee Gunn Brown # 76537193
PARENTS:
Robert Bruce Brown
Margaret "Maude" nee Johnson Brown
SIBLINGS:
Roberta Brown Rauch
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1908-1957
EDUCATION:
- 1923 attended boarding school in Switzerland - 1926-28 Dana Hall School in Wellesley,Norfolk County Massachusetts,
- Graduated 1932, B.A. in English
Hollins University,Roanoke, Virginia
- Attended the Writers Laboratory of the Bureau of Educational Experiments (the forerunner of the Bank Street College of Education)
CAREER:
In 1941 she gave up her job as editor of children's books and focused on her writings. She wrote as many as five books a year. In addition to publishing books under her own name, she used the pen names Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald,Kaintucky Brown and Juniper Sage.
She was a prolific writer of children's books, including such famous books as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
PERSONAL LIFE:
Hobbies:Hunting and shooting rabbits
Her personal life was often described as tumultuous.
Reportedly she lived in a house in Maine which she called "The Only House" where her friends, associates, editors, and lovers passed through.
She is known to have had numerous lovers including a long-term relationship with Blanche Oelrichs (pen name: Michael Strange),who was a poet/playwright, actress, and the former wife of John Barrymore. They were together for ten years in Manhatten, New York. Blanche died in 1950. In 1952 Margaret met and became engaged to James Stillman 'Pebble' Rockefeller Jr. They never married, however. She died in 1952 while in Nice, France from an embolism following surgery for appendicitis.
Her ashes were brought to Maine and scattered in the ocean off Vinalhaven,Maine. A simple stone marker on her island property commemorates her life.
∼Died from an embolism following a minor operation.
Parents: Father: Robert Bruce Brown, was Vice President of the American Manufacturing Company. Mother: Maude Johnson Brown, was from Virginia.
Brother, Benjamin Gratz, Jr.
Sister, Roberta Brown Rauch
When Margaret was an adult she had a Kerry Blue Terrier named Crispin's Crispian.
Education:
1923: Lausanne, Switzerland,
1926: Dana Hall in Wellesley, Mass.
1928: Entered Hollins College, Virginia
In 1935 she worked at Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers.
In 1937 her writing career with the publication of "When the Wind Blew."
From 1937 to 1952 She published over 100 picture books for children.
In her will, Margaret requested that her body be cremated and her ashes scattered to the sea at her beloved Only House in Maine. A simple rough stone was to mark the site with the words "Margaret Wise Brown, writer of Songs and Nonsense."
GRANDPARENTS:
Benjamin "Gratz" Brown,20th Governor of Missouri #18514
Mary Hansome nee Gunn Brown # 76537193
PARENTS:
Robert Bruce Brown
Margaret "Maude" nee Johnson Brown
SIBLINGS:
Roberta Brown Rauch
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1908-1957
EDUCATION:
- 1923 attended boarding school in Switzerland - 1926-28 Dana Hall School in Wellesley,Norfolk County Massachusetts,
- Graduated 1932, B.A. in English
Hollins University,Roanoke, Virginia
- Attended the Writers Laboratory of the Bureau of Educational Experiments (the forerunner of the Bank Street College of Education)
CAREER:
In 1941 she gave up her job as editor of children's books and focused on her writings. She wrote as many as five books a year. In addition to publishing books under her own name, she used the pen names Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald,Kaintucky Brown and Juniper Sage.
She was a prolific writer of children's books, including such famous books as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
PERSONAL LIFE:
Hobbies:Hunting and shooting rabbits
Her personal life was often described as tumultuous.
Reportedly she lived in a house in Maine which she called "The Only House" where her friends, associates, editors, and lovers passed through.
She is known to have had numerous lovers including a long-term relationship with Blanche Oelrichs (pen name: Michael Strange),who was a poet/playwright, actress, and the former wife of John Barrymore. They were together for ten years in Manhatten, New York. Blanche died in 1950. In 1952 Margaret met and became engaged to James Stillman 'Pebble' Rockefeller Jr. They never married, however. She died in 1952 while in Nice, France from an embolism following surgery for appendicitis.
Her ashes were brought to Maine and scattered in the ocean off Vinalhaven,Maine. A simple stone marker on her island property commemorates her life.
∼Died from an embolism following a minor operation.
Parents: Father: Robert Bruce Brown, was Vice President of the American Manufacturing Company. Mother: Maude Johnson Brown, was from Virginia.
Brother, Benjamin Gratz, Jr.
Sister, Roberta Brown Rauch
When Margaret was an adult she had a Kerry Blue Terrier named Crispin's Crispian.
Education:
1923: Lausanne, Switzerland,
1926: Dana Hall in Wellesley, Mass.
1928: Entered Hollins College, Virginia
In 1935 she worked at Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers.
In 1937 her writing career with the publication of "When the Wind Blew."
From 1937 to 1952 She published over 100 picture books for children.
In her will, Margaret requested that her body be cremated and her ashes scattered to the sea at her beloved Only House in Maine. A simple rough stone was to mark the site with the words "Margaret Wise Brown, writer of Songs and Nonsense."
Benjamin "Gratz" Brown,20th Governor of Missouri #18514
Mary Hansome nee Gunn Brown # 76537193
PARENTS:
Robert Bruce Brown
Margaret "Maude" nee Johnson Brown
SIBLINGS:
Roberta Brown Rauch
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1908-1957
EDUCATION:
- 1923 attended boarding school in Switzerland - 1926-28 Dana Hall School in Wellesley,Norfolk County Massachusetts,
- Graduated 1932, B.A. in English
Hollins University,Roanoke, Virginia
- Attended the Writers Laboratory of the Bureau of Educational Experiments (the forerunner of the Bank Street College of Education)
CAREER:
In 1941 she gave up her job as editor of children's books and focused on her writings. She wrote as many as five books a year. In addition to publishing books under her own name, she used the pen names Timothy Hay, Golden MacDonald,Kaintucky Brown and Juniper Sage.
She was a prolific writer of children's books, including such famous books as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
PERSONAL LIFE:
Hobbies:Hunting and shooting rabbits
Her personal life was often described as tumultuous.
Reportedly she lived in a house in Maine which she called "The Only House" where her friends, associates, editors, and lovers passed through.
She is known to have had numerous lovers including a long-term relationship with Blanche Oelrichs (pen name: Michael Strange),who was a poet/playwright, actress, and the former wife of John Barrymore. They were together for ten years in Manhatten, New York. Blanche died in 1950. In 1952 Margaret met and became engaged to James Stillman 'Pebble' Rockefeller Jr. They never married, however. She died in 1952 while in Nice, France from an embolism following surgery for appendicitis.
Her ashes were brought to Maine and scattered in the ocean off Vinalhaven,Maine. A simple stone marker on her island property commemorates her life.
∼Died from an embolism following a minor operation.
Parents: Father: Robert Bruce Brown, was Vice President of the American Manufacturing Company. Mother: Maude Johnson Brown, was from Virginia.
Brother, Benjamin Gratz, Jr.
Sister, Roberta Brown Rauch
When Margaret was an adult she had a Kerry Blue Terrier named Crispin's Crispian.
Education:
1923: Lausanne, Switzerland,
1926: Dana Hall in Wellesley, Mass.
1928: Entered Hollins College, Virginia
In 1935 she worked at Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers.
In 1937 her writing career with the publication of "When the Wind Blew."
From 1937 to 1952 She published over 100 picture books for children.
In her will, Margaret requested that her body be cremated and her ashes scattered to the sea at her beloved Only House in Maine. A simple rough stone was to mark the site with the words "Margaret Wise Brown, writer of Songs and Nonsense."
