Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin

Background

Ruffin, Margaret Ellen Henry was born on August 26, 1857 in Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Thomas and Mary (Nugent) Henry.

Education

Graduated from Saint Joseph’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland., 1877. (Doctor of Humane Letters first woman in Alabama, University of Paris, 1907, also University of Dublin).

Career

Now deceased) Student of and lecturer on languages, music and literature, especially Celtic history and antiquities. Active worker in Gaelic revival. Author (poems); Drifting Leaves, 1884.

John Gildart, 1900.

The North Star, 1904. Also Eden on the James, The Sphinx, and magazine articles on Gaelic subjects. Received letter from King and Queen, and minister of education of Norway on publishing The North Star.

Request for picture from Societie des Gens de Lettres and Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, to be placed among writers of eminent distinction.

Address: 404 Church Saint, Mobile First Rate (at Lloyd's)‡.

Achievements

• Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin has been listed as a notable author, lecturer. by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mobile, Alabama, 1887, Francis Gildart Ruffin, Junior, of Richmond, Virginia.

Father:

Thomas Henry

Mother:

Mary (Nugent) Henry

Spouse:

Mobile