Meredith Nicholson

Meredith Nicholson
Born	December 9, 1866 Crawfordsville, Indiana
Died	December 22, 1947 (aged 81) Indianapolis, Indiana

Meredith Nicholson (December 9, 1866 – December 22, 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.

Biography

Nicholson was born on December 9, 1866, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897.

He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national bestsellers:

• The House of a Thousand Candles (#4 in 1906)
• The Port of Missing Men (#3 in 1907)
• A Hoosier Chronicle (#5 in 1912)

In 1928, Nicholson entered Democratic party politics, and served for two years as a city councilman in Indianapolis. He rose through the ranks of the Democratic party and was rewarded with appointments as Envoy to Paraguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

Nicholson was married firstly to Eugenie Clementine Kountze, daughter of Herman Kountze, and secondly to Dorothy Wolfe Lannon, whom he later divorced.

Nicholson died on December 22, 1947, in Indianapolis, aged 81, and is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery. And Meredith Nicholson Jr. was born about 1903 and died at the age 23 being baptized.

Selected bibliography

• Nicholson, Meredith (1891). Short Flights. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill. OCLC 4127041.
• Nicholson, Meredith (1903). The Little Brown Jug at Kildare. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 562275913.
• Nicholson, Meredith (1905). The House of a Thousand Candles. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 169496.
• Nicholson, Meredith (1907). The Port of Missing Men. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 999440.
• Nicholson, Meredith (1912). A Hoosier Chronicle. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. OCLC 36827854.
• Nicholson, Meredith (1922). Best Laid Schemes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 10689314.

References

• "Meredith Nicholson Collection, 1890-1942, Collection Guide" (PDF). Indiana Historical Society. 2004-05-11. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

External links

• Works by Meredith Nicholson at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Meredith Nicholson at Internet Archive
• Works by Meredith Nicholson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Works by Meredith Nicholson at Unz.org
• Meredith Nicholson at the Internet Movie Database
• Meredith Nicholson at Find a Grave