Theodore Sedgwick Fay

Theodore S. Fay
Born (1807-02-10)February 10, 1807
New York
Died November 17, 1898(1898-11-17) (aged 91)
Berlin
Nationality United States
Occupation writer of fiction and non-fiction, journalist, and diplomat

Theodore Sedgwick Fay (February 10, 1807 - November 17, 1898) was a writer from the United States who spent much of his life in Germany.

Biography

Fay initially worked as a clerk for his father, an attorney. His father died in 1825, and he continued long enough in law to be admitted to the bar in 1828, but he quickly left the legal profession for periodical journalism,[1] where he made a name for himself for some years. To this period belongs his book Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man (2 vols., 1832), which contained papers he had written for the New York Mirror, where he was an editor beginning in 1828.[2] He married Laura Gardenier in 1833, and went traveling in Europe for three years, while sending back articles to the Mirror.[2] He served with ability in the United States diplomatic service, first as secretary of the legation at London briefly (1837), then at Berlin (1837–53), and next (1853–61) as Minister at Berne, Switzerland. He retired from his diplomatic career in 1861.[1] He then moved to Berlin. His first wife died while he was at Berne, and he later married a German woman.[2]

Works

Other works include:

He also wrote for periodicals throughout his life.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vernon G. Miles (1999). "Fay, Theodore Sedgwick". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 George Harvey Genzmer (1931). "Fay, Theodore Sedgwick". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

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