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Sophia Amelia Hawthorne (née Peabody; September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871) was an American painter and illustrator as well as the wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She also published her journals and various articles.
- About Sophia Peabody Hawthorne
- Sophia Peabody Hawthorne Biography
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Wayside Years
- Widowhood
- Rose and Julian
- Legacy
- Background, Family
- Marriage, Children
- Books About Sophia Peabody Hawthorne
Known for: publishing notebooks of her husband, Nathaniel Hawthorne; one of the Peabody sisters Occupation: painter, writer, educator, journal writer, artist, illustrator Dates: September 21, 1809 - February 26, 1871 Also known as:Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne
Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne was the third daughter and third child of the Peabody family. She was born after the family settled in Salem, Massachusetts, where her father practiced dentistry. With a father who had originally been a teacher, a mother who sometimes ran small schools, and two older sisters who taught, Sophia received a wide-ranging...
On her return, she privately distributed her "Cuba Journal" to friends and family. Nathaniel Hawthorne borrowed a copy from the Peabody home in 1837, and likely used some of the descriptions in his own stories. Hawthorne, who had led a relatively isolated life living with his mother in Salem from 1825 to 1837, formally met Sophia and her sister, El...
In 1853, Hawthorne bought the house known as The Wayside from Bronson Alcott, the first home Hawthorne owned. Sophia's mother died in January, and soon the family moved to England when Hawthorne was appointed a Consul by his friend, President Franklin Pierce. Sophia took the girls to Portugal for nine months in 1855-56 for her health, still creatin...
Sophia fell apart, and Una and Julian had to make the arrangements for the funeral. Facing serious financial difficulties, and to bring her husband's contributions more fully to the public, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne began editing his notebooks. Her edited versions began to appear in serialized form in the Atlantic Monthly, with his Passages from the...
Rose married George Lathrop after Sophia Hawthorne's death, and they bought the old Hawthorne home, The Wayside, and moved there. Their only child died in 1881, and the marriage was not happy. Rose took a nursing course in 1896 and, after she and her husband converted to Roman Catholicism, Rose founded a home for incurable cancer patients. After Ge...
While Sophia Peabody Hawthorne spent most of her marriage in the traditional role of wife and mother, supporting her family financially at times so that her husband could focus on writing, she was able in her last years to blossom as a writer in her own right. Her husband admired her writing, and occasionally borrowed images and even some text from...
Mother: Eliza Palmer PeabodyFather: Nathaniel PeabodyPeabody Children:husband: Nathaniel Hawthorne(married July 9, 1842; noted writer)children:Louann Gaeddert. A New England Love Story: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody.1980.Louisa Hall Tharp. The Peabody Sisters of Salem.Reissue, 1988.Patricia Valenti. Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Volume 1, 1809-1847.2004.Patricia Valenti. To Myself a Stranger: A Biography of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.1991.- Jone Johnson Lewis
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody (1809–1871)American, one of the famous Peabody sisters, who edited her husband Nathaniel Hawthorne's notebooks for publication after his death. Born Sophia Amelia Peabody in Salem, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1809; died in London, England, of typhoid pneumonia in February 1871; daughter of Nathaniel Peabody (a dentist) and
In the 1990s, interest in her as both writer and artist began to accelerate, and the early 21st century has seen a vigorous upturn: two major biographies, the first essay collection on the Peabody sisters, a special journal issue, and numerous essays have helped recover a Sophia Peabody Hawthorne whose complexity extends well beyond her conventional persona.
Sophia Hawthorne had one work published in her life, Notes in England and Italy (1869) and edited several of her husband’s works after his death. On Feb. 26, 1871, Sophia died of typhoid pneumonia in London, England, and was buried in Kensal Green. Sophia Hawthorne was memorialized in The New-York Daily Tribune on April 7, 1871:
Feb 25, 2020 · Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (September 21, 1809 – February 26, 1871) was the wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne. She was also well-known for her work as a painter, illustrator, and writer. She was a native daughter of Salem, Mass. At age 15, she began to study drawing and continued to hone these skills through her teens and early adult years.
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Letter from Sophia Peabody Hawthorne to Rose Hawthorne Lathrop (IA aberms.hawthornesp.1868.04.26).pdf 364 × 589, 8 pages; 501 KB Letter of Maria White (Mrs. James Russell) Lowell to Sophia (Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne; with remarks by F. B. Sanborn (IA cu31924022258549).pdf 883 × 1,287, 26 pages; 281 KB
