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 Edward Bellamy - Fairview Cemetery - Chicopee, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 08.389 W 072° 35.416
18T E 699136 N 4668110
A family brownstone obelisk in Fairview Cemetery, Chicopee, MA marks the grave of 19th century American author Edward Bellamy.
Waymark Code: WMRK6V
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2016
Views: 1
Nineteenth century author Edward Bellamy died of tuberculosis on May 22, 1898. The front of the base of the obelisk is inscribed:
EDWARD BELLAMY
MARCH 26, 1850
MAY 22, 1898
EMMA S. BELLAMY
FEBRUARY 12, 1861
SEPTEMBER 4, 1956
BELLAMY A. EARNSHAW
APRIL 21, 1912
OCTOBER 13, 1959
Description:
Edward Bellamy was born on March 26, 1850 in Chicopee, MA. He attended Union College of Schenectady, NY for two semester before leaving school travel in Europe for a year, spending much of this time in Germany. Upon his return home he became a journalist on the staff of the New York Post before returning to Massachusetts to take a position at the Springfield Union newspaper. He quit journalism to devote himself completely to writing both short stories and novels.
Edward Bellamy's writings include:
Six to One: A Nantucket Idyl., 1878.
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process, 1880.
Miss Ludington's Sister: A Romance of Immorality, 1885.
Looking Backwards 2000–1887, 1888.
"How I Came to Write Looking Backward", May 1889.
"Principles and Purposes of Nationalism" December 19, 1889.
"The Programme of the Nationalists" 1894.
Equality, 1898.
The Blindman's World and Other Stories, 1898.
The Duke of Stockbridge: A Romance of Shay's Rebellion, 1900.
"Edward Bellamy: Selected Writings on Religion and Society", 1955.
Apparitions of Things to Come: Edward Bellamy's Tales of Mystery & Imagination, 1990.
The novel Looking Backwards is Edward Bellamy's most famous work. His concerned with social and economic justice inspired this novel. The book describes a Utopian vision for American society in the year 2000. The vision expressed in this book led to the formation of Bellamy Nationalist Clubs and a political movement that became known as Nationalism. Looking Backwards has been described as the basis for 19th century liberalism in America.
Date of birth: 03/26/1850
Date of death: 05/22/1898
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours
Fee required?: No
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