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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She wrote more than 90 books including biographies , poetry , and several for children. One well-known children's poem is her literary nonsense verse Eletelephony .
Laura E. Richards. American author Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850 – 1943) wrote more than ninety books, many of them delightful morality tales especially for children. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1917, along with her co-author sister, Maud Howe Elliott, for the biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), best remembered for ...
Laura Elizabeth Richards was an American writer known primarily for her children's literature. A prolific author, she published over ninety books throughout her long career. Richards also wrote biographies and poetry for adults.
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was an American writer of the late 19th century who published more than 90 books. Born on February 27, 1850, she is best known for the nonsense poems she created for children to enjoy, such as “Eletelephony.” Laura Richards’ parents were famous before she was born.
Richards, Laura E. (1850–1943) American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born Laura Elizabeth Howe in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1850; died on January 14, 1943; daughter of Samuel Gridley Howe (Boston reformer and educator who founded the Perkins Institute for the Blind) and Julia (Ward) Howe (1819–1910); sister of Maud ...
Laura E. Richards (1850-1943), Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and biographer wrote Captain January (1890) and the nonsense verse "Eletelephony"; Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant No!
The prolific U.S. author Laura E. Richards wrote more than 90 books, mostly children’s stories and biographies of famous women. She is remembered especially for her nonsense verse, which has been compared to that of Edward Lear.
