Anna Robeson Brown

Ann Robeson Brown
Born(1873-05-26)May 26, 1873
DiedSeptember 10, 1941(1941-09-10) (aged 68)
Resting placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationWriter
RelativesHenry Armitt Brown (father)
Dorothy Burr Thompson (daughter)

Anna Robeson Brown Burr (May 26, 1873 – September 10, 1941) was an American writer of novels, poetry, stories, essays, and biographies. Her The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study (1909), was the first book on the subject.

Early life

Brown was born in 1873,[1] to Josephine Baker and Henry Armitt Brown.[2] She was a descendant of Charles Brockden Brown, who was also a writer.[3]

Career

Her novels include: Alain of Halfdene (1895); The Black Lamb (1896); A Cosmopolitan Comedy (1899); The House of Pan: A Romance (1899); The Immortal Garland (1900); The Millionaire's Son (1903); Truth and a Woman (1903); The Wine Press (1905); The Jessop Bequest (1907); The House on Charles Street (1921); The Wrong Move: A Romance (1923); The Great House in the Park (1924); Palludia (1928); Wind in the East (1933);[4] and The Golden Quicksand: A Novel of Santa Fé (1936).

She also wrote non-fiction books, among them, The Autobiography: A Critical and Comparative Study (1909), "the first book on the subject";[5] Religious Confessions and Confessants (1914);[6] The Portrait of a Banker: James Stillman, 1850-1918 (1927); and Weir Mitchell: His Life and Letters (1929).[7]

Brown also wrote for periodicals including Ladies' Home Journal, Godey's Magazine, Lippincott's Magazine, and St. Nicholas Magazine.[8][9][10]

Personal life

Brown married lawyer Charles Henry Burr Jr. in 1899.[11] They had two daughters, the elder being archaeologist Dorothy Burr Thompson. During World War I, Anna moved herself and her daughters to London to be closer to Charles who was doing work there.[12] Charles Henry Burr Jr. died in 1925.[13] She died in 1941, aged 68 years, from pneumonia.[14] She is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[1]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Ann Robeson Burr". remembermyjourney.com. webCemeteries. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ^ Todd, Charles Burr (1902). A General History of the Burr Family: With a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902. New York: The Knickerbocker Press. p. 556. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. ^ The Atlantic Monthly - Volume 100. Atlantic Monthly Company. 1907. p. 24. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Mystery Yarn from Rhodes" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 14, 1933): 38. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  5. ^ Robert F. Sayre, American Lives, an Anthology of Autobiographical Writing (University of Wisconsin Press 1994): 443-44. ISBN 9780299142445
  6. ^ "Baring Secrets of the Soul in Religious Confessions" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (July 11, 1914): 6. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  7. ^ "Online Books by Anna Robeson Brown Burr" Online Books page.
  8. ^ Untitled item, Omaha Daily Bee (July 12, 1899): 7. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  9. ^ "August Ladies' Home Journal" The Watchman and Southron (July 26, 1899): 3. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  10. ^ "Lippincott's Magazine for April 1899" Hartford Herald (April 12, 1899): 4. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  11. ^ "Wedded Amid Flowers" The Times (May 28, 1899): 13. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  12. ^ "Mrs. C. H. Burr Dies at 68 Years" Delaware County Daily Times (September 11, 1941): 1. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  13. ^ Jaimee P. Uhlenbrock, "Dorothy Burr Thompson" in Martha Sharp Joukousky and Barbara S. Lesko, eds., Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology (Brown University).
  14. ^ "Writer Dies" Gettysburg Times (September 11, 1941): 11. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
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