Hannah Amelia Davidson

Background

Davidson, Hannah Amelia was born on October 29, 1852 in Campello, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Spencer Williams and Mary (Packard) Noyes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Iowa (now Grinnell) College, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881.

Career

Amelia (deceased). Studied Sanskrit and taught, 1878-1879. Principal and teacher Greek, Latin and English history, Minneapolis Academy, 1879-1884. Taught history and English composition, The Dalles (Oregon) High School, 1884-1885.

Student politics, finance and economics, graduate department, University of Minnesota, 1885-1886, American colonial institutions and politics, graduate department University of California, 1886-1887.

Taught history and English, Belmont School, California, 1887-1893. Student graduate Department, University of Chicago, economics, history and politics, summer terms, 1894-1895.

Lecturer on literary art in fiction and the drama, Wellesley and Mount Holyoke colleges Director summer classes for study of English, since 1902.

Author: Reference History of the United States, 1892.

Literary Study for Busy People. The Gift of Genius. Author, editor and publisher of The Study-Guide Series (10 books). Also Study-Guide Courses.

Also edited, with aids to study and critical essays.

Riverside Literature Series edits, Silas Marner, Vicar of Wakefield. House of Seven Gables, et cetera

Home: Claremont, California.

Achievements

• Hannah Amelia Davidson has been listed as a notable editor, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Charles Davidson, August 21, 1878.