History of Norwood, (Norfolk County) Massachusetts United States of America

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A Short Biography of Fred Holland Day

Fred Holland Day, amateur photographer, was born in South Dedham, now Norwood, Mass., July 23, 1864; son of Lewis and Anna Rhodes (Smith) Day; grandson of Joseph and Hannah Ellis (Rhodes) Day, and of Lyman and Melinda Anne (Guild) Smith; and of mingled British, Dutch and French ancestry. He was educated by private tutors and at private schools and spent the years 1879-83 in travelling in America and Europe. In 1884 he entered the New England agency of a New York publishing house, and remained there until 1889. The years 1889-92 were devoted to travel, and in 1893 the firm of Copeland & Day, publishers, was established in Boston, Mass., with Mr. Day as a partner, continuing until 1899 when the partnership was dissolved. From 1886 he devoted all his spare time to gathering literary and illustrative material regarding his favorite heroes in literature and art.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor