Hobart Chatfield-Taylor Explained

Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor (born Hobart Taylor; March 24, 1865 – January 17, 1945) was an American writer, novelist, and biographer.

Early life

He was born in Chicago to Henry Hobart Taylor and Adelaide Chatfield Taylor in 1865 as Hobart Taylor, but appended the "Chatfield" to his surname as the stipulation of a large inheritance from his maternal uncle Wayne Chatfield (making his full name Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor). He graduated from Cornell University in 1886.

Career

He edited a literary journal called America for a few years, and also served as consul to Spain in Chicago. He published his first novel, With Edge Tools, in 1891.^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

In 1890, he was married to Rose Farwell, daughter of former United States Senator Charles B. Farwell.^{[3] [4]} Her sister, Anna, was the wife of composer Reginald de Koven.^[5] His wife's portrait was painted by the Swiss-born American society painter Adolfo Müller-Ury, three quarter-length in 1893 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in February 1894), and half-length drawing on a pair of white gloves in 1894 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in January 1895); both are unlocated. Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:

• Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor (1891–1982), who married Hendricks Hallett Whitman in 1912. They divorced in 1932,^[6] and she married William Davies Sohier Jr. in 1940.^[7]
• Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (1893–1967), who served as Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[8]
• Otis Chatfield-Taylor (1899–1948),^[9] a writer, playwright, editor, theatrical producer who married Janet Benson in 1931. They divorced in 1934,^[10] and he married Marochka Borisovna Anisfeld,^[11] a daughter of Boris Anisfeld, in 1936.^[12]
• Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (1908–1980), who married Valborg Edison Palmer in 1928.^[13]

After the death of his first wife in 1918, he remarried to Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, the widow of George S. Stillman and daughter of George Harrison Barbour,^[14] in 1920.^[15]

Chatfield-Taylor died at his home in California on January 17, 1945.^[16]

Bibliography

Books published by Chatfield-Taylor include:

• With Edge Tools (1891)
• An American Peeress (1893)
• Two Women and a Fool (1895)
• The Land of the Castanet: Spanish Sketches (1896)
• The Vice of Fools (1897)
• The Idle Born (1900)
• The Crimson Wing (1902)
• Molière: a biography (1906)
• Fame's Pathway (1909)
• Goldoni : a biography (1913) (on Carlo Goldoni)^[17]
• Chicago (1917)
• Cities of Many Men (1925)
• Tawny Spain (1927)
• Charmed Circles (1935)

Notes and References

1. [Nathan Haskell Dole|Dole, Nathan Haskell]
2. News: Brief Reviews of Lately Published Books . 6 June 2020 . . "Mr. H.C. Chatfield-Taylor is known by several novels, and furthermore, by a biography of Moliere which revealed a good deal of painstaking research." . 17 April 1909.
3. Book: Kelsey . Susan L. . Miller . Arthur H. . Legendary Locals of Lake Forest . 2015 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4396-5400-2 . 157 . 6 June 2020 . en.
4. News: ALTER FARWELL, FINANCIER, IS DEAD; Member of Old Chicago Family, Son of Late U. S. Senator-Stricken Here at 80 DIRECTOR OF LONDON FIRM Brother of Mrs. Reginald de Koven--Late Wife Was War I Correspondent in Russia . 6 June 2020 . . 1 August 1943.
5. Web site: De Koven, Anna Farwell . woodmereartmuseum.org . . 6 June 2020 . en-gb.
6. News: H.H. WHITMAN, 66, TEXTILE MAN, DEAD; Chairman of William Whitman Co., Manufacturers, Succumbs in France on World Cruise . 6 June 2020 . . 19 March 1950.
7. News: Meg Whitman to Wed June 7 . 6 June 2020 . . 20 April 1980.
8. News: Times . Special to The New York TimesThe New York . Wayne Chatfield Taylor Dead; Roosevelt and Truman Aide, 73; Banker Held Major Posts in Commerce, Treasury and the Export-Import Bank In Many Public Posts Envoy at Trade Meetings . 6 June 2020 . . 23 November 1967.
9. News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . WRITER IS KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS; Otis Chatfieid-Taylor, Long Known in Theatre and Press, Fatally Hurt at Croton . 6 June 2020 . . 18 January 1948.
10. News: THREE DIVORCES IN RENO.; Chatfield-Taylors, R.E. Sherwoods and J.D. Pierces Parted. . 6 June 2020 . . 16 June 1934.
11. News: Paid Notice: Deaths CHATFIELD TAYLOR, MAROCHKA . 6 June 2020 . . 4 November 1999.
12. News: MAROCHKA ANISFELD WED; Daughter of Chicago Artist Bride of Otis Chatfield-Taylor . 6 June 2020 . . 7 May 1936.
13. News: VALBORG E. PALMER WED.; Becomes Bride of Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor. . 6 June 2020 . . 8 November 1928.
14. Book: The Metal Worker, Plumber, and Steam Fitter . 1920 . D. Williams Company . 51 . 6 June 2020 . en.
15. Book: Greasley . Philip A. . Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors . 2001 . . 978-0-253-10841-8 . 106 . 6 June 2020 . en.
16. News: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . H.C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR; Author, Authority on Moliere, Dies in California at 80 . 6 June 2020 . . 17 January 1945.
17. https://books.google.com/books?id=YQsaAAAAYAAJ Goldoni: A biography