Hobart Chatfield-Taylor

Hobart Chatfield-Taylor.

Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (born Hobart Taylor; March 24, 1865 – January 17, 1945) was an American writer, novelist, and biographer.

Early life

He was born in Chicago to Henry Hobart Taylor and Adelaide Chatfield Taylor in 1865 as Hobart Taylor, but appended the "Chatfield" to his surname as the stipulation of a large inheritance from his maternal uncle Wayne Chatfield (making his full name Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor). He graduated from Cornell University in 1886.

Career

He edited a literary journal called America for a few years, and also served as consul to Spain in Chicago. He published his first novel, With Edge Tools, in 1891.[1][2]

Personal life

Image of his first wife, Rose Farwell, in 1901
A photograph of his second wife, Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, in 1914.

In 1890, he was married to Rose Farwell, daughter of former United States Senator Charles B. Farwell.[3][4] Her sister, Anna, was the wife of composer Reginald de Koven.[5] His wife's portrait was painted by the Swiss-born American society painter Adolfo Müller-Ury, three quarter-length in 1893 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in February 1894), and half-length drawing on a pair of white gloves in 1894 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in January 1895); both are unlocated. Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:

  • Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor (1891–1982), who married Hendricks Hallett Whitman in 1912. They divorced in 1932,[6] and she married William Davies Sohier Jr. in 1940.[7]
  • Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (1893–1967), who served as Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[8]
  • Otis Chatfield-Taylor (1899–1948),[9] a writer, playwright, editor, theatrical producer who married Janet Benson in 1931. They divorced in 1934,[10] and he married Marochka Borisovna Anisfeld,[11] a daughter of Boris Anisfeld, in 1936.[12]
  • Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (1908–1980), who married Valborg Edison Palmer in 1928.[13]

After the death of his first wife in 1918, he remarried to Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, the widow of George S. Stillman and daughter of George Harrison Barbour,[14] in 1920.[15][16]

Chatfield-Taylor died at his home in California on January 17, 1945.[15]

Bibliography

H.C. Chatfield-Taylor.

Books published by Chatfield-Taylor include:

  • With Edge Tools (1891)
  • An American Peeress (1893)
  • Two Women and a Fool (1895)
  • The Land of the Castanet: Spanish Sketches (1896)
  • The Vice of Fools (1897)
  • The Idle Born (1900)
  • The Crimson Wing (1902)
  • Molière: a biography (1906)
  • Fame's Pathway (1909)
  • Goldoni : a biography (1913) (on Carlo Goldoni)[17]
  • Chicago (1917)
  • Cities of Many Men (1925)
  • Tawny Spain (1927)
  • Charmed Circles (1935)

References

  1. ^ Dole, Nathan Haskell. The Bibliophile Dictionary: A Biographical Record of the Great Authors, p. 125 (1904)
  2. ^ "Brief Reviews of Lately Published Books". The New York Times. 17 April 1909. Retrieved 6 June 2020. Mr. H.C. Chatfield-Taylor is known by several novels, and furthermore, by a biography of Moliere which revealed a good deal of painstaking research.
  3. ^ Kelsey, Susan L.; Miller, Arthur H. (2015). Legendary Locals of Lake Forest. Arcadia Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4396-5400-2. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "ALTER FARWELL, FINANCIER, IS DEAD; Member of Old Chicago Family, Son of Late U. S. Senator-Stricken Here at 80 DIRECTOR OF LONDON FIRM Brother of Mrs. Reginald de Koven--Late Wife Was War I Correspondent in Russia". The New York Times. 1 August 1943. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "De Koven, Anna Farwell". woodmereartmuseum.org. Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "H.H. WHITMAN, 66, TEXTILE MAN, DEAD; Chairman of William Whitman Co., Manufacturers, Succumbs in France on World Cruise". The New York Times. 19 March 1950. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Meg Whitman to Wed June 7". The New York Times. 20 April 1980. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ^ Times, Special to The New York TimesThe New York (23 November 1967). "Wayne Chatfield Taylor Dead; Roosevelt and Truman Aide, 73; Banker Held Major Posts in Commerce, Treasury and the Export-Import Bank In Many Public Posts Envoy at Trade Meetings". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (18 January 1948). "WRITER IS KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS; Otis Chatfieid-Taylor, Long Known in Theatre and Press, Fatally Hurt at Croton". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  10. ^ "THREE DIVORCES IN RENO.; Chatfield-Taylors, R.E. Sherwoods and J.D. Pierces Parted". The New York Times. 16 June 1934. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths CHATFIELD TAYLOR, MAROCHKA". The New York Times. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  12. ^ "MAROCHKA ANISFELD WED; Daughter of Chicago Artist Bride of Otis Chatfield-Taylor". The New York Times. 7 May 1936. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. ^ "VALBORG E. PALMER WED.; Becomes Bride of Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor". The New York Times. 8 November 1928. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. ^ The Metal Worker, Plumber, and Steam Fitter. D. Williams Company. 1920. p. 51. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (17 January 1945). "H.C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR; Author, Authority on Moliere, Dies in California at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. ^ Greasley, Philip A. (2001). Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors. Indiana University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-253-10841-8. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  17. ^ Goldoni: A biography (full text online) (1913 publication date in this volume; some sources will state book was published in 1914)