Louise Andrews Kent
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Louise Andrews Kent was an American
author
. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts
in 1886 and graduated from Simmons College School of Library Science
in 1909, where she was president of her senior class and editor of the college paper. She became a newspaper columnist and author of children's books
, cookbooks. She wrote a newspaper column, Theresa’s Tea Table, in the Boston Traveller under the pen name of Theresa Tempest and later authored a series of cookbooks as Mrs. Appleyard. Kent, also as Mrs. Appleyard, wrote a quarterly feature on food for Vermont Life magazine for many years.
The Vermont Historical Society
, of which Kent was a trustee during the 1950s, maintains a collection of research notes, manuscript and typescript drafts
and galley proof
s of her work.
, Vermont
. In 1959, Kent, by then a widow, moved permanently to Calais.
United States
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author
Author
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. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
in 1886 and graduated from Simmons College School of Library Science
Simmons College (Massachusetts)
Simmons College, established in 1899, is a private women's undergraduate college and private co-educational graduate school in Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Simmons was founded in 1899 with a bequest by John Simmons a wealthy clothing manufacturer in Boston...
in 1909, where she was president of her senior class and editor of the college paper. She became a newspaper columnist and author of children's books
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, cookbooks. She wrote a newspaper column, Theresa’s Tea Table, in the Boston Traveller under the pen name of Theresa Tempest and later authored a series of cookbooks as Mrs. Appleyard. Kent, also as Mrs. Appleyard, wrote a quarterly feature on food for Vermont Life magazine for many years.
The Vermont Historical Society
Vermont Historical Society
The Vermont Historical Society was founded in 1838 to preserve and record the cultural history of the US state of Vermont. Headquartered in the old Spaulding School Building in Barre, the Vermont History Center is home to the Vermont Historical Society's administrative offices, the Leahy Library...
, of which Kent was a trustee during the 1950s, maintains a collection of research notes, manuscript and typescript drafts
Manuscript
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and galley proof
Galley proof
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s of her work.
Family
Louise Andrews Kent married Ira Rich Kent (1876–1945) in 1912. The couple had three children and maintained residences in both Brookline and CalaisCalais, Vermont
Calais is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,529 at the 2000 census. Calais is pronounced similarly to palace, not chalet...
, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. In 1959, Kent, by then a widow, moved permanently to Calais.
Children's fiction
- (1931) Douglas of Porcupine
- (1935) He went with Marco Polo: A Story of Venice and Cathay
- (1940) He went with Christopher Columbus
- (1943) He went with Magellan
- (1947) He went with Vasco da Gama
- (1959) He went with Champlain
- (1961) He went with Drake
- (1967) He went with Hannibal
Cookbooks
- (1941) Mrs. Appleyard's Year
- (1953) ...with Kitchen Privileges
- (1957) The Summer Kitchen
- (1962) The Winter Kitchen
- (1965) Vermont Year Round Cookbook
- (1974) Mrs. Appleyard’s Kitchen Omnibus
Other non-fiction
- (1948) Village Greens of New England
- (1955) The Brookline Trunk
- (1968) Mrs. Appleyard and I