Person:Marian Hooper (1)

Watchers
  1. Ellen Sturgis Hooper1838 - 1887
  2. Edward William Hooper1839 - 1901
  3. Marian Hooper1843 - 1885
Facts and Events
Name Marian Hooper
Alt Name Clover Hooper
Gender Female
Birth[1] 13 Sep 1843 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Henry Brooks Adams
Death[1] 6 Dec 1885 Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesage 42 - died by suicide
Burial[1] Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Reference Number? Q1271327?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marian Hooper Adams, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Sep 2022.

    Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams (September 13, 1843 – December 6, 1885) was an American socialite, active society hostess, arbiter of Washington, DC, and an accomplished amateur photographer.

    Clover, who has been cited as the inspiration for writer Henry James's Daisy Miller (1878) and The Portrait of a Lady (1881), was married to writer Henry Adams. After her suicide, he commissioned the famous Adams Memorial, which features an enigmatic androgynous bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to stand at the site of her, and his, grave. ...