Mary Haskell (educator)
Mary Elizabeth Haskell, later Minis (December 11, 1873 – October 9, 1964), was an American educator, best known for having been the benefactress of Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran.
Mary Haskell | |
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 Kahlil Gibran, Portrait of Mary Haskell, 1910 (Telfair Museums) | |
| Born | Mary Elizabeth Haskell December 11, 1873 |
| Died | October 9, 1964 (aged 90) |
| Resting place | Laurel Grove Cemetery (North), Savannah, Georgia |
| Spouse(s) | Jacob Florance Minis
(m. 1926; died 1936) |
Life
Haskell was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Alexander Cheves Haskell and his second wife Alice Van Yeveren (Alexander, sister of Edward Porter Alexander).[1] She was educated at the Presbyterian College for women, Columbia, South Carolina, and Wellesley College, Massachusetts, A.B., 1897.[1]
In 1904, she met Kahlil Gibran at an exhibition of his work at Fred Holland Day's studio.[2] She was then the principal of a private school for girls in Boston,[2] the Haskell School for Girls.
On May 7, 1926, she married Jacob Florance Minis (1852–1936), whose first wife had died in 1921.
References
- Historical and Genealogical Collections Relating to the Descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse, p. 200.
- Art, Telfair Museum of (January 2005). Telfair Museum of Art: Collection Highlights. p. 184. ISBN 9780933075047.
Sources
- Hillhouse, Margaret Prouty (1924). Historical and Genealogical Collections Relating to the Descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse.
Further reading
- Hilu, Virginia, ed. (1972). Beloved Prophet: the Love Letters of Khalil Gibran and Mary Haskell.
