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Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton
American writer, critic and hostess
Quick Facts
- Née:
- Ellen Louise Chandler
- Born:
- April 10, 1835, Pomfret, Conn., U.S.
- Died:
- Aug. 10, 1908, Boston, Mass. (aged 73)
Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (born April 10, 1835, Pomfret, Conn., U.S.—died Aug. 10, 1908, Boston, Mass.) was an American writer, critic, and hostess of the late 19th century, particularly influential through her literary salons in Boston and London. Louise Chandler was educated from 1854 to 1855 at Emma Willard’s Troy (New York) Female Seminary. In 1854 she published This, That, and the Other, a popular collection of verses and sketches earlier contributed to various periodicals. In 1855 she married William U. Moulton, publisher of True Flag, in which some of her poems had appeared, and she soon established herself as ...(100 of 303 words)