Mary Ellen Chase
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Mary Ellen Chase was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century.
Born in Blue Hill, Maine
, Chase received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota
where she served as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College
starting in 1926 until her retirement in 1955. She was the lifelong companion of Eleanor Duckett
, a medieval scholar whom she met at Smith, and with whom she lived in Northampton until her death. Two adjoining halls on the Smith campus are named for Chase and Duckett.
Chase wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting. Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness.
Chase died in Northampton, Massachusetts
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Born in Blue Hill, Maine
Blue Hill, Maine
Blue Hill is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,390 at the 2000 census. It is home to Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, George Stevens Academy, the now-closed Liberty School, New Surry Theatre, Kneisel Hall, Bagaduce Music Lending Library, the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club...
, Chase received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
where she served as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
starting in 1926 until her retirement in 1955. She was the lifelong companion of Eleanor Duckett
Eleanor Duckett
Eleanor Shipley Duckett was an English-born philologist and medieval historian who spent most of her career in the United States. For thirty years, she taught at Smith College...
, a medieval scholar whom she met at Smith, and with whom she lived in Northampton until her death. Two adjoining halls on the Smith campus are named for Chase and Duckett.
Chase wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting. Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness.
Chase died in Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton, Massachusetts
The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Northampton's central neighborhoods, was 28,549...
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