Edmund Wilson

1895 - 1972  (77 years)

• Name	Edmund Wilson
  Birth	8 May 1895	Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1972	Talcotville, Lewis, New York   [1]
  Burial	15 Jun 1972	Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I42227	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Edmund Wilson, Attorney General of New Jersey,   b. 15 Dec 1863, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 15 May 1923, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Helen Mather Kimball,   b. 20 Apr 1865, Eatontown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 3 Feb 1951, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1892  [2]
  Family ID	F24704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Blair   d. 1947
  Marriage	14 Feb 1923  [1]
  Divorce	Feb 1930  [1]
  Family ID	F24703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Canby   d. 1932, Santa Barbara, California
  Marriage	8 May 1930  [1]
  Family ID	F24705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Mary McCarthy,   b. 21 Jun 1912, Seattle, King, Washington d. 25 Oct 1989, New York, New York (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1938  [1]
  Divorce	Bef 10 Dec 1946	Nevada   [1]
  Family ID	F24706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 4	Helene-Marthe “Elena” Mumm von Schwarzenstein,   b. 27 Aug 1906, Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. Jul 1979, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1946	Nevada   [1]
  Family ID	F24707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Arguably the greatest American literary critic of the twentieth century.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8142] Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s ed. Lewis M. Dabney. New York: Library of America, 2007. [S8145] Find a Grave page for Edmund Wilson., year only.