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Mabel Loomis Todd or Mabel Loomis (November 10, 1856 – October 14, 1932) was an American editor and writer. She is remembered as the editor of posthumously published editions of Emily Dickinson 's poetry and letters and also wrote several novels and books about her travels with her husband, astronomer David Peck Todd, as well as co-authoring ...
She studied music at the New England Conservatory, and in 1879 she married the astronomer David Peck Todd. They had an open marriage. She knew about his philandering, and he knew about her affair with Austin Dickinson soon after it started.
Married to astronomer and Amherst College professor David Peck Todd in 1879, Mabel traveled the world on a series of eclipse expeditions, going to Japan, the Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia), Tripoli and many other destinations.
Apr 24, 2024 · In 1879 she married David P. Todd, an astronomer who in 1881 joined the faculty of Amherst (Massachusetts) College. In Amherst she became a close friend of the Dickinson family; she corresponded with the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson but never met her in person.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
She accompanied her husband on eclipse expeditions around the world and locally was instrumental in founding the Amherst Historical Society, the Amherst Woman’s Club, and the Amherst chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A stroke in 1913 ended Todd’s writing and lecturing.
TODD, Mabel Loomis. Born 10 November 1856, Cambridge, Massachusetts; died 14 October 1932, Hog Island, Muscongus, Maine. Daughter of Eben J. and Mary Wilder Loomis; married David Todd, 1879; children: one. Mabel Loomis Todd, an only child, was a descendant of Priscilla and John Alden of Plymouth Colony.
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To fulfill her vision, Lavinia turned to Mabel Loomis Todd, the vivacious young wife of an Amherst College professor. Todd was a momentous choice, for she was deeply involved in a love affair with Austin Dickinson, Susan’s husband and Emily’s brother.
