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Harold Frederic (born Harold Henry Frederick; August 19, 1856 – October 19, 1898) was an American journalist and novelist. ==Life and career== Frederic was born in Utica, New York, to Presbyterian parents. After his father was killed in a railroad accident when Frederic was 18 months old, the boy was raised primarily by his mother. He finished school at age fifteen, and soon began work as a photographer. For four years he was a photographic touch-up artist in his hometown and in Boston. During 1875 he began work as a proofreader for the newspaper ''The Utica Herald'' and then ''The Utica Daily Observer''. Frederic later became a reporter. Frederic married Grace Green Williams during 1877, and they had five children together. By 1882 he was editor of the newspaper ''The Albany Evening Journal'' in the state capital. During 1884 Frederic went to live in England as London correspondent of the ''New York Times,'' and worked at this position for the rest of his life. He brought his family to London by 1889. Afterward he met Kate Lyon, who became his mistress. Frederic and Lyon established a second household, living openly together; and they had three illegitimate children. Frederic wrote several early stories, but it was not until he published ''Illumination'' (1896), better known by its American title, ''The Damnation of Theron Ware''; followed by ''Gloria Mundi'' (1898), that his talent as a novelist was fully realized. Critic Jonathan Yardley called ''Damnation'' "a minor classic of realism".〔Yardley, Jonathan. (November 27, 2006.) "(In 'Theron Ware,' Realism Wears Well" ), ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved on February 22, 2010.〕 Kate Lyon was a Christian Scientist. When Frederic suffered a stroke during 1898, she tried to cure him by faith healing.〔Harkness, Luther Day (1899). ''Christian Science and Kindred Delusions'', Published by Author, pp. 31-32.〕〔Short, William (1899). (''Christian Science'' ), Thomas Whittaker, pp. 55-56.〕 After his death, she was tried on charges of manslaughter brought by his wife Grace Frederic, and acquitted at trial. 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「Harold Frederic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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