(1819-07-24)July 24, 1819 Dwight, Belchertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
October 12, 1881(1881-10-12) (aged 62) Park Avenue, New York, New York, U.S.
Resting place
Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Pen name
Timothy Titcomb
J.G. Holland
Occupation
Writer
editor
poet
publisher
lecturer
physician
teacher
superintendent
Language
American English
Period
Modern
Genres
Romantic poetry
fiction
journalism
Fireside poets
travelogue
Self-help book
opinion journalism
literary criticism
polemic
essay
spiritual literature
advice column
autobiography
correspondence
oration
Literary movement
Romanticism, Transcendentalism and Literary realism
Years active
from 1844
Employers
Springfield Republican
Scribner’s Monthly
Notable works
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Miss Gilbert’s Career
Bitter-sweet
Spouse
Elizabeth Luna Chapin
(m. 1845)
Children
5, including Arthur Gilbert, Annie Elizabeth H. Howe, Kate Melia H. Van Wagenen, Julia and Theodore
Parents
Harrison Holland and Anna Gilbert
Signature
Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was an American novelist, essayist, poet and spiritual mentor to the Nation in the years following the Civil War.[1] Born in Western Massachusetts, he was “the most successful man of letters in the United States” in the latter half of the nineteenth century and sold more books in his lifetime than Mark Twain did in his.[2]
He penned the first biography of Abraham Lincoln within months after his assassination, which was a bestseller, and Holland was the first to publish a poem written by an African American.
One of Holland’s novels was among the earliest examples of the genre that became literary realism, and he helped publish a few poems of Emily Dickinson’s in the newspaper that he edited. Holland and his wife, Elizabeth Chapin Holland, were close friends with her.
Holland became a popular Lyceum lecturer and wrote advice essays under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb as well as lyrics to hymns, including the beloved Methodist Christmas tune "There's a Song in the Air.” He helped establish and was editor of the middle-class flagship magazine Scribner's Monthly. His writings are quoted by politicians and people alike though few today recognize Holland’s name.
^Author and Book Info .com
^Bloom, Margaret. "Emily Dickinson and Dr. Holland," University of California. Chronicle, 35 (Jan. 1933), 96-103. 76.
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