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Linnie Marsh Wolfe
1881Jan, 8

Linnie Marsh Wolfe

Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (d. 1945)
Linnie Marsh Wolfe (January 8, 1881 – September 15, 1945) was an American librarian. She won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for her 1945 biography of John Muir titled Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1945).

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  • 1Jan

    Panama Canal

    Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
  • 16Apr

    Bat Masterson

    In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
  • 12May

    French protectorate of Tunisia

    In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  • 21May

    Clara Barton

    The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • 19Nov

    Meteorite fall

    A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.