Interred 12/4/1934
Edward Harold Crosby, dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays, died yesterday afternoon at the Fenway Hospital after being in failing health for a long time.
He was born in Boston in 1859, the son of Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York, who survives him.
He started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became the Post's dramatic critic. A summary of his writing since then, covering 44 years, would be a history of the American theater during the last half-century. His unbroken service as a dramatic critic for one newspaper is believed to be a record in American journalistic circles.
The talents of Edward Harold Crosby were many and varied. His writings on the theater were widely read, both by layman and those connected with the theater, and he was accounted a good friend of the players. His dramatic criticisms were of a type that revealed his sympathetic viewpoint.
His lasting love for the art was displayed not only by his criticisms but by his own plays, for he was a playwright and author, as well as a critic. As far back as 1909, his first work, "Radiana," was published. Then followed "The Evolution of Fredda," 1911, and the following plays: "The Hour of Reckoning," "The Catspaw," "A Modern Parasite," "The Cup of Memory," "The Hand of an Enemy," "A Lesson in Realism," "The Menace," "Pants and Petticoats," 1919, "Naughty Florence," 1920, "My Greenwich Village Girl," 1921, "Behind the Screen," 1922, "The Taming of Helen," 1925, "Married or Not?" 1927, and "His Stenographer" 1928.
Mr. Crosby was also greatly interested in electricity and was an amateur electrician up more than local renown. He had taken out 10 American and European patents and was an inventor of one of the first dry batteries put on the market. He was widely traveled in his powers of observations made his recollections were very charming.
Edward Harold Crosby, dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays, died yesterday afternoon at the Fenway Hospital after being in failing health for a long time.
He was born in Boston in 1859, the son of Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York, who survives him.
He started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became the Post's dramatic critic. A summary of his writing since then, covering 44 years, would be a history of the American theater during the last half-century. His unbroken service as a dramatic critic for one newspaper is believed to be a record in American journalistic circles.
The talents of Edward Harold Crosby were many and varied. His writings on the theater were widely read, both by layman and those connected with the theater, and he was accounted a good friend of the players. His dramatic criticisms were of a type that revealed his sympathetic viewpoint.
His lasting love for the art was displayed not only by his criticisms but by his own plays, for he was a playwright and author, as well as a critic. As far back as 1909, his first work, "Radiana," was published. Then followed "The Evolution of Fredda," 1911, and the following plays: "The Hour of Reckoning," "The Catspaw," "A Modern Parasite," "The Cup of Memory," "The Hand of an Enemy," "A Lesson in Realism," "The Menace," "Pants and Petticoats," 1919, "Naughty Florence," 1920, "My Greenwich Village Girl," 1921, "Behind the Screen," 1922, "The Taming of Helen," 1925, "Married or Not?" 1927, and "His Stenographer" 1928.
Mr. Crosby was also greatly interested in electricity and was an amateur electrician up more than local renown. He had taken out 10 American and European patents and was an inventor of one of the first dry batteries put on the market. He was widely traveled in his powers of observations made his recollections were very charming.
Interred 12/4/1934
Edward Harold Crosby, dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays, died yesterday afternoon at the Fenway Hospital after being in failing health for a long time.
He was born in Boston in 1859, the son of Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York, who survives him.
He started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became the Post's dramatic critic. A summary of his writing since then, covering 44 years, would be a history of the American theater during the last half-century. His unbroken service as a dramatic critic for one newspaper is believed to be a record in American journalistic circles.
The talents of Edward Harold Crosby were many and varied. His writings on the theater were widely read, both by layman and those connected with the theater, and he was accounted a good friend of the players. His dramatic criticisms were of a type that revealed his sympathetic viewpoint.
His lasting love for the art was displayed not only by his criticisms but by his own plays, for he was a playwright and author, as well as a critic. As far back as 1909, his first work, "Radiana," was published. Then followed "The Evolution of Fredda," 1911, and the following plays: "The Hour of Reckoning," "The Catspaw," "A Modern Parasite," "The Cup of Memory," "The Hand of an Enemy," "A Lesson in Realism," "The Menace," "Pants and Petticoats," 1919, "Naughty Florence," 1920, "My Greenwich Village Girl," 1921, "Behind the Screen," 1922, "The Taming of Helen," 1925, "Married or Not?" 1927, and "His Stenographer" 1928.
Mr. Crosby was also greatly interested in electricity and was an amateur electrician up more than local renown. He had taken out 10 American and European patents and was an inventor of one of the first dry batteries put on the market. He was widely traveled in his powers of observations made his recollections were very charming.
Edward Harold Crosby, dramatic critic of the Boston Post for the past 44 years and author of many books and plays, died yesterday afternoon at the Fenway Hospital after being in failing health for a long time.
He was born in Boston in 1859, the son of Edward and Eliza A (Nichols) Crosby, and spent his entire life in his native city. After graduating from the Boston high school in 1874, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1883, he married Miss Medora B. Robbins of New York, who survives him.
He started his career with the Boston Post in 1866 and four years later he became the Post's dramatic critic. A summary of his writing since then, covering 44 years, would be a history of the American theater during the last half-century. His unbroken service as a dramatic critic for one newspaper is believed to be a record in American journalistic circles.
The talents of Edward Harold Crosby were many and varied. His writings on the theater were widely read, both by layman and those connected with the theater, and he was accounted a good friend of the players. His dramatic criticisms were of a type that revealed his sympathetic viewpoint.
His lasting love for the art was displayed not only by his criticisms but by his own plays, for he was a playwright and author, as well as a critic. As far back as 1909, his first work, "Radiana," was published. Then followed "The Evolution of Fredda," 1911, and the following plays: "The Hour of Reckoning," "The Catspaw," "A Modern Parasite," "The Cup of Memory," "The Hand of an Enemy," "A Lesson in Realism," "The Menace," "Pants and Petticoats," 1919, "Naughty Florence," 1920, "My Greenwich Village Girl," 1921, "Behind the Screen," 1922, "The Taming of Helen," 1925, "Married or Not?" 1927, and "His Stenographer" 1928.
Mr. Crosby was also greatly interested in electricity and was an amateur electrician up more than local renown. He had taken out 10 American and European patents and was an inventor of one of the first dry batteries put on the market. He was widely traveled in his powers of observations made his recollections were very charming.
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Edward Harold Crosby
1859 - 1934
Beautifully Shaded by _____
Sleeps Elizabeth Ann Lothrop
who Died Dec 7, 1835
in the 19 years of her life
Her Life was Free From
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Elizabeth B Lothrop
Died Aug 29, 1849
Aged 69 years
Stillman F Lothrop
Died Jan 27, 1889
Aged 17 years
Eli M Robbins
1826 - 1905
Stillman Lothrop
1836
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