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Francis Welch Crowninshield (June 24, 1872 – December 28, 1947), better known as Frank or Crownie (''informal''), was an American journalist and art and theatre critic best known for developing and editing the magazine ''Vanity Fair'' for 21 years, making it a pre-eminent literary journal. ==Personal life== Crowninshield was born June 24, 1872 in Paris, France, to the Americans Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) and his wife, the former Helen Suzette Fairbanks, what he called "poor but good" members of the well-heeled Boston Brahmin Crowninshield family. His father, a man of "independent means", was a poet and a respected painter of landscape and murals. He served for two years as director of the American Academy in Rome.〔 As an adult Frank Crowninshield lived in New York City, where he was active in the high-class life and socialized on a regular basis with the elites of the period, as well as rising artists and writers. He was a member of the exclusive Knickerbocker Club and Union Club. He was a member of the Dutch Treat Club from 1937-1947 and served on the Board of governors as a Vice President. An award given by the club in his name was awarded to Arthur Rubinstein in 1954. Crowninshield never married. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Crowninshield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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