Annis Lee Wister
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Annis Lee Furness Wister (9 October 1830 Philadelphia - 15 November 1908 Philadelphia) was a translator who resided in the United States
. She specialized in translations from German
to English
.
, a glassmaker who came to the United States
in 1717. Dr. Wister died in 1888. Annis Lee Wister made many translations of note. Her translations were issued in a uniform edition of 30 volumes in 1888.
With Frederick Henry Hedge
, she published Metrical Translations and Poems (1888).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She specialized in translations from German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
to English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Biography
She was the daughter of the Rev. William H. Furness, by whom she was educated. Early in life, she began to translate stories from German. She married Dr. Caspar Wister in 1854. He was a descendant of Caspar WistarCaspar Wistar (glassmaker)
Caspar Wistar was a German-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania. He was the grandfather of Caspar Wistar, the physician and anatomist after whom the genus Wisteria is named.-Biography:...
, a glassmaker who came to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1717. Dr. Wister died in 1888. Annis Lee Wister made many translations of note. Her translations were issued in a uniform edition of 30 volumes in 1888.
Works
Among her translations are:- E. MarlittE. MarlittE. Marlitt is the pseudonym of Eugenie John , a popular German novelist, born at Arnstadt. Her father was a portrait painter; her patroness was the Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, who sent her to Vienna to study music. She became deaf, lived for 11 years at court, and then, withdrawing to...
, The Old Mamselle's Secret (1868) - ---, Gold Else (1868)
- ---, The Countess Gisela (1860)
- ---, The Little Moorland Princess (1873)
- ---, The Second Wife (1874)
- Wilhelmine von HillernWilhelmine von HillernWilhelmine von Hillern was a German actress and novelist.-Biography:She was the daughter of the novelist Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. She was brought up in Berlin, became an actress at Gotha , and married the prominent jurist von Hillern at Freiburg im Breisgau in 1857. Her husband died 8 December 1882...
, Only a Girl (1870) - Friedrich Wilhelm HackländerFriedrich Wilhelm HackländerFriedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, in later life von Hackländer , was a successful German author.-Life:...
, Enchanting and Enchanted (1871) - Ulrich Volkhausen, Why Did He Not Die (1871)
- Adelheid von Auer, It Is the Fashion (1872)
- Fanny LewaldFanny LewaldFanny Lewald was a German Jewish author-Biography:She was born at Königsberg in East Prussia. When seventeen years of age she accepted Christianity. She traveled in the German Confederation, France and Italy...
, Hulda; or, The Deliverer (1874) - Golo Raimund, From hand to hand (1882)
With Frederick Henry Hedge
Frederick Henry Hedge
Frederick Henry Hedge was a New England Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist. He was a founder of the Transcendental Club, originally called Hedge's Club, and active in the development of Transcendentalism.-Biography:...
, she published Metrical Translations and Poems (1888).