Louise Collier Willcox

Background

Willcox, Louise Collier was born on April 24, 1865 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Review Robert Laird and Mary (Price) Collier.

Education

Educated private tutors in France, Germany and England. Conservatory of Leipzig, 1882-1883.

Career

Formerly editorial writer Harper’s Weekly and of Harper’s Bazar. On editorial staff North American Review, 1906-1913. Reader and adviser Macmillan Company, 1903-1909, East. P. Dutton Company, 1910-1917.

Author: The Human Way.

A Manual of Spiritual Fortification, 1910. The Road to Joy, 1911.

The House in Order, 1916. “The Torch,” an anthology.

Translator: Balzac prize bk. for 1922, My Friend from Limousin.

Jacob Wassermann’s “Ulrika Woytich”. Life of the Bat (by Derennes). Sardonic Smile (by Louis Diehl).

The Bewitched (by Borbey d’Aurevilly).

Home: Norfolk, Virginia.

Achievements

• Louise Collier Willcox has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Westmore, Willcox, June 25, 1890. Children: Westmore, Christine (“Cristina Valli”).

Father:

Review Robert Laird Collier

Mother:

Mary (Price) Collier

Spouse:

Westmore

child:

Christine Willcox (“Cristina Valli”)

child:

Westmore Willcox