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Alice Cary

American writer (1820–1871)
Person human Q606543
Alice Cary

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[22]
Date of birth
April 26, 1820, 1820[2][10]
Date of death
February 12, 1871, 1871[4][11]
Place of birth
Cincinnati
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
poet, novelist, writer, children's writer, suffragist
Field of work
poetry[15]
Notable work
The Great Doctor, The Great Doctor, Don’t be sorrowful Darling, Idle, November, The Little House on the Hill, There is hovering about me, To Mother Fairie[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Sibling
Phoebe Cary
Cause of death
tuberculosis[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, A Woman of the Century, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, American Women Writers, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Family name
Cary
Given name
Alice
Manner of death
natural causes
Medical condition
tuberculosis
Name in native language
Alice Cary
Native language
English[14]
Place of burial
Green-Wood Cemetery[12]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Alice Cary en Alice Patty Lee Cary ar أليس كاري fa آلیس کری fr Alice Carey, Patty Lee, Alice Patty, Lee Cary ko 앨리스 케리 ko 앨리스 패티 리 케리 ru Алиса Кэри ru Кэри, Элис ru Элис Кэри
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000082864208
VIAF cluster ID
103691260
Library of Congress authority ID
n84087314
GND ID
140302794
American National Biography ID
1600263
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/96259
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
CaryAlice1820-1871
BVMC person ID
79788
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01206563
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory ID
cwrc:7bca344c-5df7-4996-9175-80af90707e81
CiNii Research ID
1140000791593864320
Collective Biographies of Women ID
9242
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DAHR artist ID
104573
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u3329
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Alice-Cary, biography/Cary-sisters
FAST ID
127358
FactGrid item ID
Monica Dickens
FemBio ID
5319
Find a Grave memorial ID
7686823
Freebase ID
/m/023kgj
Geni.com profile ID
6000000179381407047
Goodreads author ID
27166
Harper's tag
alice-carey
Hymnary author ID
Cary_Alice, Carey_A
IMSLP ID
Category:Cary,_Alice
ISFDB author ID
314114
IdRef ID
132466414
KBR person ID
14369404
Libraries Australia ID
35026378
LibriVox author ID
8214
LiederNet author ID
23045
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
C/cary-alice
Muck Rack journalist ID
alice-cary
MuseScore artist ID
4365, 33836
MusicBrainz artist ID
6412b659-ba5f-4b48-8f8c-632f1a8941c4
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04370431
NLA Trove people ID
799989
National Library of Chile ID
000058322
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls002474611
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000461456
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278426405171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067506275, 130626880
Online Books Page author ID
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871
Open Library ID
OL114132A, OL4674517A
OpenMLOL author ID
380617
Our Campaigns candidate ID
168082
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095552665
Poetry Foundation ID
alice-cary
Prabook ID
1079895
RERO ID (legacy)
A003080880
SNAC ARK ID
w6cv4hpj
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
771
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID
Cary, Alice
WBIS ID
B2014389, A75638
WikiTree person ID
Cary-2535
WomenWriters ID
1b9a56d8-39a7-42ef-b648-9fa70fc2c309
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhmJHGKccpkJTCRGDYByd
Yale LUX ID
person/97d34948-dc62-4b57-aef9-911111b4c197

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, poet, novelist, children's writer, suffragist
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Cause of death 1
tuberculosis
Country of citizenship 1
United States
FactGrid item ID 1
Monica Dickens
Field of work 1
poetry
Given name 1
Alice
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Medical condition 1
tuberculosis
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Cincinnati
Place of burial 1
Green-Wood Cemetery
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
Sibling 1
Phoebe Cary
Siblings 1
Phoebe Cary
Writing language 1
English
← FactGrid item ID 1
Luboszyce, Opole Voivodeship
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Summary

Alice Cary's place of birth was Cincinnati[1]. She was born on April 26, 1820[2]. She died in New York City[3]. She died on February 12, 1871[4]. She worked as a poet[5], novelist[6], writer[7], children's writer[8], and suffragist[9].

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Works and Contributions

Notable works include The Great Doctor[16], a written work[24]; Don’t be sorrowful Darling[18], a literary work[25]; Idle[19], a literary work[26]; November[20], a literary work[27]; The Little House on the Hill[21], a literary work[28]; and There is hovering about me[29], a literary work[30].

FAQs

Where was Alice Cary born?

Born in Cincinnati[1].

Where did Alice Cary die?

Alice Cary died in New York City[3].

What did Alice Cary do for work?

Alice Cary worked as poet[5], novelist[6], writer[7], children's writer[8], and suffragist[9].

Related Entities

New York City poetry United States

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  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISFDB author ID → 314114
    U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID → Cary, Alice
    Harper's tag → alice-carey
    Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory ID → cwrc:7bca344c-5df7-4996-9175-80af90707e81
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: alice-carey, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912830|alice carey (#289912830)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 23w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WBIS ID → B2014389, A75638
    MuseScore artist ID → 4365, 33836
    McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID → C/cary-alice
    Muck Rack journalist ID → alice-cary
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ WBIS ID: A75638, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/25028764|Alice Cary (#25028764)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/582|WBIS]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → poet, novelist, writer +2
    Field of work → poetry
    Writing language → English
    Family name → Cary
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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