Norah M. Holland
Canadian writer (1876-1925)
Norah M. Holland (after marriage, Claxton; January 10, 1876 – April 27, 1925) was a Canadian poet, playwright, journalist, and editor. She was a contributor to the Canadian Courier, The Canadian Magazine, Toronto Daily News, and The Globe. During Holland's travels in Ireland and England in 1904, she stayed with John Butler Yeats, and he drew a sketch of her. Holland died in 1925.
Biography
Honorah Mary Holland was born in Collingwood, Ontario, January 10, 1876. Her parental ancestors were from County Sligo, Ireland. Her father was John Hawkins Holland (1841–1923), and on his side, she was a grandniece of Chief Justice of Ontario John Hawkins Hagarty; her mother, Elizabeth (Yeats) Holland, was a first cousin of W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet.
Holland was educated in the public schools of her native town and in the Port Dover and Parkdale Collegiate Institutes.
Since 1889, Holland was a resident of Toronto. For eight years, she was on the staff of the Dominion Press Clipping Bureau, the Toronto Daily News, assistant editor of the Canadian Courier, and with the Macmillan Company of Canada.
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