Stone memorializing William Dean Howells
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Howells, William Dean
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Stone memorializing William Dean Howells
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The “Walk of Fame” was created in 1929 by then-president Hamilton Holt to honor significant historical figures. The memorial is located in the center of campus around Mills Lawn.
William Dean Howells, an Ohioan, was born in 1837 and died in 1920. He was an author, critic, and an editor and is most known for his realistic fiction, such as "The Rise of Silas Lapham." His novels frequently addressed the key social issues of his time, such as "A Imperative Duty" (1892), which dealt with race and miscegenation. He also wrote a campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
Howells was an abolitionist from the time of his youth. Later in life, along with Rollins president, Hamilton Holt, he was one of the founders of the NAACP in 1909.
His stone is located on Mills Lawn and was placed between 1929 and 1939. The stone is from Howell’s home in Maine and his son John Mead Howells gave the stone to Rollins College.
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2' x 2' gray stone
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WM Dean Howells Kittery Point ME
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John Mead Howells, Hamilton Holt
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1939
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Hamilton Holt
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