Eleanor Ruggles
Eleanor Ruggles (1916–2008) was an American biographer and book reviewer. The 1955 film Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton as the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth was based on her book. She also wrote for Encyclopædia Britannica, including the page for Edwin Booth.[1]
Early life
Eleanor Ruggles was the daughter of Daniel Blaisdell Ruggles, a judge on the Nantucket circuit, and Alice (Morrill) Ruggles[2] She grew up in Jamaica Plain and then Beacon Hill, and was educated at Winsor School, Boston.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in English and theater arts from Vassar College, graduating in 1938.[2]
Personal life
She married Robert Semmes O'Leary of New Orleans, a Harvard University faculty assistant, who was later an editor of the New England Medical Journal.[2]
Publications
References
- ^ "Eleanor Ruggles: Contributor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Negri, Gloria (July 20, 2008). "Eleanor O'Leary, 92; was biographer, book reviewer". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Kirschbaum, Leo (1945). "Reviewed Work: Gerard Manley Hopkins-A Life by Eleanor Ruggles". Modern Language Notes. 60 (3): 199–201. doi:10.2307/2910586. JSTOR 2910586.
- Use mdy dates from April 2024
- Use American English from April 2024
- All Wikipedia articles written in American English
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with BIBSYS identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with KBR identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- 1916 births
- 2008 deaths
- Winsor School alumni
- Vassar College alumni
- American biographers
- 20th-century American women writers
- American women biographers
- 21st-century American women
- All stub articles
- American biographer stubs