Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
Cornelia Lynde Meigs (1884–1973) was an American writer of fiction and biography for children, teacher of English and writing, historian and critic of children's literature. She won the Newbery Medal for her 1933 biography of Louisa May Alcott, entitled Invincible Louisa. She also wrote three Newbery Honor Books.
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Events on 1884
- 27Mar
Cincinnati riots of 1884
A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse. - 20Apr
Humanum genus
Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus. - 14Oct
Photographic film
American inventor George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film. - 22Oct
Prime meridian (Greenwich)
The Royal Observatory in Britain is adopted as the prime meridian of longitude by the International Meridian Conference. - 10Dec
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.