Background
Whitty, James Howard was born on February 8, 1859 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Catherine (Brown) Whitty.
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James Howard Whitty
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Education
Educated Saint John's School, Maryland., and under private tutors.
Career
Cecelia. Began in newspaper work at Baltimore, 1875. Member of staff Richmond Times 5 years. First president Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Richmond.
Owner of largest general collection of Poeana in the world.
Formerly writer on literature and social subjects under pseud. “Owen Worth.” Editor: Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, 1911, 17.
Discoveries in the Uncollected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, 1916. The Riverside Pocket Poems of East. A. Poe, 1920.
Poe’s Poems (London), 1921.
Compiler: A Record of Virginia Copyright Entries (1790-1844), 1911. Wrote: Foreword for Mary East. Phillips’ “Poe, The Manitoba,” 1926. Poeana for Bookfellows Society, October 1927.
Foreword for “History of Richmond, Virginia,” by John P. Little, 1933, for “Southern Literary Messenger,” 1934.
Joint editor: The Genius and Character of East. A. Poe, 1929. Home: Richmond, Virginia.
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Membership
Member of staff Richmond Times 5 years.
Connections
Married Melvina Allen, 1883.
