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Kate Nichols Trask
American writer and philanthropist
Also known as: Kate Nichols, Katrina Trask
Quick Facts
- Née:
- Kate Nichols
- Pseudonym:
- Katrina Trask
- Born:
- May 30, 1853, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.
- Died:
- Jan. 8, 1922, Yaddo, near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (aged 68)
Kate Nichols Trask (born May 30, 1853, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 8, 1922, Yaddo, near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was an American writer and philanthropist remembered as one of the major forces behind the establishment of the Yaddo community for creative artists. Kate Nichols was of a wealthy family and was privately educated. In November 1874 she married Spencer Trask, a banker and financier. Although she had had literary leanings from childhood, it was not until the late 1880s, following a period of illness and despondency after the deaths of her children, that she began to write. Under King Constantine, a ...(100 of 255 words)