Louise Lamprey

Background

Lamprey, Louise was born on April 17, 1869 in Alexandria, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Review Henry Phelps and Ellen Selomy (Hardy) Lamprey.

Education

Student Concord (New Hampshire (U.S.)) High School, 1884-1885, Mount Holyoke College, 1891. Editorial writer The Capital, Washington, 1894-1898, Washington Times, 1896-1904, and in Republican National campaign of 1904. Magazine, newspaper and office work, New York City, Washington and London, England., 1904-1914.

With World Book Company, Yonkers, New York, 1916-1918.

Spent summers, 1912-1919, at a children's camp, East Berkshire, Vermont, story telling, teaching handicraft, writing and staging impromptu plays. Author: In the Days of the Guild, 1918.

Masters of the Guild, 1920. Days of the Discoverers, 1921.

(with Mara Chadwick) The Alo Manitoba, 1921.

Career

Author: In the Days of the Guild, 1918. Masters of the Guild, 1920. Days of the Discoverers, 1921.

(with Mara Chadwick) The Alo Manitoba, 1921.

Children of Ancient Britain, 1921. Days of the Colonists, 1922.

Children of Ancient Rome, 1922. Days of the Commanders, 1923.

Children of Ancient Greece, 1924.

Days of the Pioneers, 1924. Days of the Leaders, 1925. Children of Ancient Egypt, 1926.

Days of the Builders, 1926.

Wonder Tales of Architecture, 1927. Children of Ancient Gaul, 1927.

The Treasure Valley, 1928. Natalia and Nikolai (with Varia Klenova), 1928.

All the Ways of Building, 1933.

The Tomahawk Trail, 1934. History of Limerick, Maine, 1937. Limerick Pageant, 1937.

The Story of Weaving, 1939.

The Story of Cookery, 1940. Building an Empire, 1941.

Building a Republic, 1942. Contributor articles on architecture and primitive dwellings to Junior Encyclopedia Britannica, 1935.

Hoke: Limerick, Maine.

Achievements

• Louise Lamprey has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:

Review Henry Phelps Lamprey

Mother:

Ellen Selomy (Hardy) Lamprey