Charles Edward Whitmore

1887 - 1970  (83 years)

• Name	Charles Edward Whitmore
  Birth	26 Sep 1887	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	26 Sep 1887	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	7 Dec 1970	Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California   [4]
  Burial	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I13686	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	William Henry Whitmore,   b. 6 Sep 1836, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 14 Jun 1900, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Frances Theres Walling "Fanny" Maynard,   b. 23 Jul 1849, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Nov 1911, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1884	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F8572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Manning Gardiner,   b. 1879, Massachusetts d. 1958, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1913	Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. William Francis Whitmore,   b. 6 Jan 1916, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 6 Jan 1996 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F8571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Edward Whitmore's contribution to the Secretary's Fourth Report, Harvard class of 1907: SHORTLY after graduation I sailed for Europe spending a year in study at Athens; I then returned to Harvard to work for a Ph.D., receiving that degree in 1911. I was appointed instructor in English in June of that year, a position which I still hold. My earlier inclinations would have led me to teach Greek, but no opening in that field appeared, and I am now more than ever convinced that teaching Freshman composition is by no means the hopeless and thankless task it is so often considered, but a chance to render real and needed service to Harvard and to the community. I am at present completing a book on composition, which I hope to be able to publish within a year. During the summer of 1914 I was in Italy, and was delayed there by the outbreak of the war, but succeeded in returning without mishap or special incident. Otherwise I have remained in Cambridge, dividing my time between College duties and literary work. Publications: "The Supernatural in Tragedy," Harvard University Press, 1915; "Twenty five Sonnets," Cosmos Press, 1915; articles on early Italian poetry in Romantic Review and Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. Member, Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts, Modern Language Association of America, American Dialect Society.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1788] The Whitmore Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1625-1685) by Jessie Whitmore Patten Purdy. 1907. [S1794] William H. Whitmore, "Capt. Hopestill Foster of Dorchester, Mass., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 52:336, 1898. [S1909] Secretary's Fourth Report, Harvard College, Class of 1907. Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press, 1917. [S1877] Find a Grave page for Charles Edward Whitmore. [S1909] Secretary's Fourth Report, Harvard College, Class of 1907. Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press, 1917., date and city only. [S5969] Marriage certificate of Charles Edward Whitmore (here called "Edward Charles Whitmore" and Elizabeth Manning Gardiner, held by their grandson Tom Whitmore.