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Fanny Fern

American writer (1811–1872)
Person human Q3066458
Fanny Fern

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[19]
Date of birth
July 9, 1811, 1811[10]
Date of death
October 10, 1872, 1872[11]
Place of birth
Portland
Place of death
Manhattan
Country of citizenship
United States[15]
Occupation
journalist, writer, novelist, children's writer, essayist
Employer
New York Ledger[17]
Field of work
essay[16]
Father
Nathaniel Willis[13]
Mother
Hannah Willis[14]
Sibling
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Richard Storrs Willis[31][32]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Archives at
Smith College[20]
Birth name
Sara Payson Willis[30]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Meridian Anthology of Early American Women Writers (1st edition), American Women Writers, Library of the World's Best Literature[25][26][27][28]
Family name
Willis[21]
Given name
Sarah, Payson[22][23]
Member of
Sorosis[18]
Place of burial
Mount Auburn Cemetery[12]
Pseudonym
Fanny Fern[24]
Writing language
English[33]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sara Payson Willis Parton en Fanny Fern en Sara Eldredge en Sara Farrington en Sarah Payson Willis en Sara Parton en Sara Payson Willis ar فاني فيرن fr Grata Payson Sara Willis fr Sarah Payson Willis he פאני פרן ja ファニー・ファーン nl Sarah Payson Willis ru Фанни Ферн
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000081325093
VIAF cluster ID
54174466
Library of Congress authority ID
n80117138
GND ID
119065711
American National Biography ID
1601263
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/98002
At the Circulating Library ID
4287
BIBSYS ID
90100053
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120878736
CANTIC ID
981058519161306706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01324500
CiNii Research ID
1140282266656323584
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Collective Biographies of Women ID
9247
DBNL author ID
fern018
DDB person (GND) ID
119065711
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u901
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Sara-Payson-Willis-Parton
Europeana entity
agent/base/93079
FAST ID
60586
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
FemBio ID
21548
Find a Grave memorial ID
37440541
Freebase ID
/m/0277hb7
Geni.com profile ID
6000000012580973976
IdRef ID
033158355
KBR person ID
14823274
Kallías ID
PE00556322
Libraries Australia ID
35685482
LibriVox author ID
1911
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04369217
NLA Trove people ID
1042025
NUKAT ID
n2010119509
National Library of Brazil ID
001017008
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000016469
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007426872005171
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp165366
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070277516
Online Books Page author ID
Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872
Open Library ID
OL536640A
OpenMLOL author ID
23290
Orlando author ID
fernfa
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803123537461
Penguin Random House author ID
233148
Prabook ID
1080161
Price One Penny author ID
334
Project Gutenberg author ID
9387
RERO ID (legacy)
A000061960
SBN author ID
TSAV015452
SNAC ARK ID
w6863nzx
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1507
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058519161306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1367140
WikiTree person ID
Willis-11936
WomenWriters ID
d46d6b99-7a12-4ca8-8e65-8b5926b8cc2c, 0da7b358-1371-4396-96ce-6e5c43c2d676
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8HjKJvJgJtJVwg4gVG3
Yale LUX ID
person/db530768-9463-43b3-b012-6f83f05eee0c

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, journalist, novelist, essayist, children's writer
Sibling 2
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Richard Storrs Willis
Siblings 2
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Richard Storrs Willis
Archives at 1
Smith College
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Employer 1
New York Ledger
Family name 1
Willis
Field of work 1
essay
Given name 1
Sarah
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Portland
Place of burial 1
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Place of death 1
Manhattan
Sex or gender 1
female
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Fanny Fern was born on July 9, 1811[1], in Portland[2]. She died on October 10, 1872[3], in Manhattan[4]. She worked as a journalist[5], writer[6], novelist[7], children's writer[8], and essayist[9].

FAQs

Where was Fanny Fern born?

Fanny Fern was born in Portland[2].

Where did Fanny Fern die?

Fanny Fern passed away in Manhattan[4].

Who were Fanny Fern's parents?

Fanny Fern's father was Nathaniel Willis[13]. Fanny Fern's mother was Hannah Willis[14].

What did Fanny Fern do for work?

Fanny Fern worked as a journalist[5], writer[6], novelist[7], children's writer[8], and essayist[9].

Related Entities

Smith College United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Price One Penny. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . fannyfern.org. Retrieved . fannyfern.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . asteria.fivecolleges.edu. Retrieved . asteria.fivecolleges.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Price One Penny. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Price One Penny. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Price One Penny. Retrieved . priceonepenny.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Animalparty · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    DBNL author ID → fern018
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ DBNL author ID: fern018, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/29278685|Fanny Fern (#29278685)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/28|DBNL authors]] #mix'n'matc"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'ml']
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 22w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Penguin Random House author ID → 233148
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Penguin Random House author ID: 233148, add Penguin Random House author ID"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Father → Nathaniel Willis
    Member of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Meridian Anthology of Early American Women Writers (1st edition), American Women Writers +1
    Occupation → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30848|batch #30848]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (5)"
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