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| Born | December 9, 1866 Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| Died | December 22, 1947 (aged 81) Indianapolis, Indiana |
Meredith Nicholson (December 9, 1866 – December 22, 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
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Biography [edit]
Nicholson was born on December 9, 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.
He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national bestsellers:
- The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
- The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
- A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)
In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Nicholson was married firstly to Eugenie Clementine Kountze, daughter of Herman Kountze, and secondly to Dorothy Wolfe Lannon, whom he later divorced.
Nicholson died on December 22, 1947 in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery.
Selected bibliography [edit]
- Nicholson, Meredith (1891). Short Flights. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill. OCLC 4127041.
- Nicholson, Meredith (1903). The Little Brown Jug at Kildare. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 562275913.
- Nicholson, Meredith (1905). The House of a Thousand Candles. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 169496.
- Nicholson, Meredith (1907). The Port of Missing Men. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 999440.
- Nicholson, Meredith (1912). A Hoosier Chronicle. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. OCLC 36827854.
- Nicholson, Meredith (1922). Best Laid Schemes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 10689314.
References [edit]
- "Meredith Nicholson Collection, 1890-1942, Collection Guide". Indiana Historical Society. 2004-05-11. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
External links [edit]
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Wikisource has the text of a 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Meredith Nicholson. |
- Works by Meredith Nicholson at Project Gutenberg
- Meredith Nicholson at the Internet Movie Database
- Meredith Nicholson at Find a Grave
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| Preceded by Post Wheeler |
United States Minister to Paraguay 30 October 1933–3 February 1935 |
Succeeded by Findley B. Howard |
| Preceded by George R. Summerlin |
United States Minister to Venezuela April 22, 1935–April 14, 1938 |
Succeeded by Antonio C. Gonzalez |
| Preceded by Boaz Long |
United States Minister to Nicaragua June 9, 1938–February 27, 1941 |
Succeeded by Pierre de Lagarde Boal |
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