Amanda Minnie Douglas
(1831-1916) Writer. Amanda Minnie Douglas was born in New York City and died in Newark, New Jersey. She wrote adult and juvenile fiction.
County: Dutchess
Joan W. Blos
(1928-2017) Writer. Joan Blos was born in New York City and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Alexandra Ripley
(1934-2004) Writer. Alexandra Ripley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and died in Richmond, Virginia. She was a graduate of Vassar College and the author of the novel, “Scarlett.”
Kate Millett
(1934-2017) Writer. Kate Millett was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in Paris, France.
Alistair Horne
(1925-2017) Historian. Alistair Horne was born in London, England, and died in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England.
Nancy Margaret Willard
(1936-2017) Author, poet. Nancy Willard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Jacob Neusner
(1932-2016) Historian. Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Rhinebeck, New York.
Harold Morowitz
(1927-2016) Author. Harold Morowitz was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Falls Church, Virginia.
Steven Vogel
(1940-2015) Author. Steven Vogel was born in Beacon, New York, and died in Durham, North Carolina.
John Henry Holland
(1929-2015) Author. John Henry Holland was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He worked for a year and a half at IBM’s main research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, New York.