Elisa Rolle's Blog, page 175

Gustaf Gründgens (December 22, 1899 - October 7, 1963)

Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963) was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the XX century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed. In 1923 he joined the Kammerspiele in Hamburg, where he also appeared as a director for the first time, collaborating with the author Klaus Mann, the son of Thomas Mann, and his sister Erika. Gründgens married Erika Mann in 1926; they divorced three years later. From 1936 to 1946, Gründgens was married to the famous German actress Marianne Hoppe in what was widely seen as a lavender marriage. On October 7, 1963, while traveling around the world, Gründgens died in Manila of an internal hemorrhage. It has never been ascertained whether or not he committed suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills. His last words, written on an envelope, were, "I believe I have taken too many sleeping pills; I feel a bit weird, let me sleep ."

Timeline & Places:

• December 22, 1899: born.

• October 7, 1963: died. Buried at Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Fuhlsbüttler Str. 756, 22337 Hamburg, Germania

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 3.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Emanuel Mountz Zeigler, Jr (April 18, 1951 – December 22, 2009)

Emanuel “Butch” Zeigler (1951-2009) was a onetime elementary school teacher, and co-owner of Capital Promoting Service whose clients include Heads of State and major corporations.

Timeline & Places:

• April 18, 1951: born.

• December 22, 2009: died. Buried at Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St SE, Washington, DC 20003, Stati Uniti

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.3: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Edith Lewis (December 22, 1882 - August 11, 1972)

Willa Cather was an American author. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours. At the beginning of her college career at the University of Nebraska in the late 19th century, she called herself Dr. William and dressed virtually in male drag. By the end of her college years, her presentation was considerably more feminine, but she continued her amorous relationships with other women. These included her college friend Louise Pound; the Pittsburgh socialite Isabelle McClung, with whom Cather traveled to Europe and was involved for about twelve years; the opera singer Olive Fremstad; the pianist Yaltah Menuhin; and most notably, the editor Edith Lewis, with whom Cather lived the last 39 years of her life. The two women lived together in a series of apartments in New York City from 1908 until the writer's death in 1947. Cather selected Lewis as the literary trustee for her estate. Edith Lewis, author of the biography Willa Cather Living (1953), died in 1972 in the apartment the couple had shared. They are buried near to each other in Old Burying Ground, Jaffrey Center, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Timeline & Places:

• December 22, 1882: born.

• 1906: lived at 60 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, Stati Uniti, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1909 to 1913: lived at 82 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10011, USA, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1913 to 1927: lived at 5 Bank St, New York, NY 10014, Stati Uniti, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1920s: lived at Shattuck Inn Resort, 53 Dublin Rd, Jaffrey, NH 03452, Stati Uniti, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1922: lived at 120 Whistle Rd, Grand Manan, NB E5G 1B3, Canada, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1927 to 1932: lived at The Grosvenor Hotel, 35 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003, Stati Uniti, sharing with Willa Cather

• 1940s: lived at 570 E 63rd St, New York, NY 10065, Stati Uniti, sharing with Willa Cather

• August 11, 1972: died. Buried at Old Burying Ground, 23 Knight Rd, Jaffrey, NH 03452, Stati Uniti. Buried alongside: Willa Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947)

References:

Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time
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Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Queer New York City: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Roger Brown (April 14, 1925 – December 11, 1997)

Roger Brown (1925–1997) (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000), professor at Harvard University from 1952 until 1957 and from 1962 until 1994, and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1957 until 1962. During his time at the University of Michigan, he met Albert Gilman, later a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English at Boston University. Gilman and Brown were partners for over 40 years until Gilman's death from lung cancer in 1989. Brown's sexual orientation and his relationship with Gilman were known to a few of his closest friends, and he served on the editorial board of The Journal of Homosexuality from 1985, but he did not come out publicly until 1989. Brown chronicled his personal life with Gilman and after Gilman's death in his memoir. Brown died in 1997, and is buried next to Gilman (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000).

Timeline & Places:

• April 14, 1925: born.

• 1948 to 1952: attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stati Uniti

• 1952 to 1994: taught at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, Stati Uniti

• December 11, 1997: died. Buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, Stati Uniti. Buried alongside: Albert Gilman (died December 22, 1989).

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Queer Places, Vol. 1.3: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Queer Massachusetts: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Albert Gilman (died December 22, 1989)

Roger Brown (1925–1997) (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000), professor at Harvard University from 1952 until 1957 and from 1962 until 1994, and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1957 until 1962. During his time at the University of Michigan, he met Albert Gilman, later a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English at Boston University. Gilman and Brown were partners for over 40 years until Gilman's death from lung cancer in 1989. Brown's sexual orientation and his relationship with Gilman were known to a few of his closest friends, and he served on the editorial board of The Journal of Homosexuality from 1985, but he did not come out publicly until 1989. Brown chronicled his personal life with Gilman and after Gilman's death in his memoir. Brown died in 1997, and is buried next to Gilman (Location: Willow Pond Knoll, Lot 11000).

Timeline & Places:

• 1980s: taught at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, Stati Uniti

• December 22, 1989: died. Buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, Stati Uniti. Buried alongside: Roger Brown (April 14, 1925 – December 11, 1997).

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Lilian Mary Clapham (1871 – December 21, 1935)

Caroline (Cara) Frances Eleanor Spurgeon, professor of English Literature at London University and a Chaucer scholar and author of “Shakespeare’s Imagery” (1935), lived at Alciston with Lilian Clapham, her companion since 1896, and that the women were visited every summer by the dean of Barnard College, Virginia Gildersleeve. On October 24, 1931 Dean Gildersleeve gave the house to Caroline Spurgeon. When Lilian died in 1935 Caroline erected a gravestone with a very bold and unequivocal message to the world: “In loving memory of Lillian Mary Clapham of Alciston, a good friend to this village, who died 21 December 1935, aged 84 years. This stone is placed here by Caroline F.E. Spurgeon in grateful remembrance of forty years of steadfast friendship and of happy life together.” In 1936 Spurgeon left Alciston for the sake of her health and lived with Gildersleeve in Arizona until her death there, on her 73rd birthday, October 24, 1942. Caroline died in the middle of WWII – her dying wish was for her ashes to be buried alongside Lilian’s at Alciston Parish Church (off A27, Alciston Court, Alciston, East Sussex, BN26 6UW) and this Virginia did when the war was over. Spurgeon’s ashes were buried at Alciston, in a grave next to that of Lilian Clapham, on August 14, 1946.

Timeline & Places:

• 1871: born.

• 1925 to 1935: lived at Old Postmans Cottage, The Village, Alciston, Polegate BN26 6UW, Regno Unito, sharing with Caroline Spurgeon.

• December 21, 1935: died. Buried at Alciston churchyard, Alciston, Polegate BN26 6UR, Regno Unito. Buried alongside: Caroline Spurgeon (October 24, 1869 – October 24, 1942).

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Sky Gilbert (born December 20, 1952)

Schuyler Lee (Sky) Gilbert, Jr. (born December 20, 1952) is a Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, he studied theatre at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and at the University of Toronto, before becoming the co-founder and artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times, a Toronto theatre company dedicated to LGBT drama. Gilbert's drag name is Jane. Sky also teaches a course on Playwrighting at the University of Guelph.

Timeline & Places:

• December 20, 1952: born.

• 1970s: attended University of Toronto, King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada

• 1978: founded Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1B4, Canada

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 3.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Hendrik Christian Andersen (April 7, 1872 – December 19, 1940)

Hendrik Christian Andersen (April 15, 1872 – December 19, 1940), sculptor, friend of Henry James. A bust of the young Count Alberto Bevilacqua, a muse of sculptor Hendrik Christian Andersen, remains in the home of Henry James, Lamb House, in Rye, England. Henry James to Henrik Andersen, three years later, upon the death of Andersen’s brother: “The sense that I can’t help you, see you, talk to you, touch you, hold you close & long, or do anything to make you rest on my, & feel my deep participation – this torments me, dearest boy, makes my ache for you, & for myself; makes me gnash my teeth & groan at the bitterness of things. . . . This is the one thought that relieves me about you a little – & I wish you might fix your eyes on it for the idea, just, of the possibility. I am in town for a few weeks, but return to Rye Apr. 1, & sooner or later to have you there & do for you, to put my arm round you & make you lean on me as on a brother & a lover, & keep you on & on, slowly comforted or at least relieved of the bitterness of pain – this I try to imagine as thinkable, attainable, not wholly out of the question.”

Timeline & Places:

• April 7, 1872: born.

• December 19, 1940: died. Buried at Campo Cestio, Via Caio Cestio, 6, 00153 Roma RM, Italia

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 3.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer Italy: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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John Fletcher (December 18, 1579 – August 28, 1625)

John Fletcher (1579–1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's. Though his reputation has been far eclipsed since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration. At the beginning of his career, his most important association was with Francis Beaumont. The two wrote together for close to a decade, first for the children and then for the King's Men. According to an anecdote transmitted or invented by John Aubrey, they also lived together (in Bankside), sharing clothes and having "one wench in the house between them." This domestic arrangement, if it existed, was ended by Beaumont's marriage in 1613, and their dramatic partnership ended after Beaumont fell ill, probably of a stroke, the same year.

Timeline & Places:

• December 18, 1579: born.

• 1590s: attended University Of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2, Regno Unito

• August 28, 1625: died. Buried at Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, London SE1 9DA, Regno Unito

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer Places, Vol. 2.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Glyn Philpot (October 5, 1884 – December 18, 1937)

Glyn Warren Philpot RA (5 October 1884 – 16 December 1937) was an English painter and sculptor, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon and Vladimir Rosing. Philpot was in a relationship with painter Vivian Forbes from 1923–1935. A loving cup held by Brighton Museum serves as a testament to their relationship. Philpot died from a stroke in December 1937; his funeral took place on 22 December 1937. Forbes committed suicide the following day.

Timeline & Places:

• October 5, 1884: born.

• 1900: attended City and Guilds of London Art School, 124 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4DJ, Regno Unito

• 1900s: attended Académie Julian, Passage des Panoramas, Paris, Francia

• 1923: lived at Lansdowne House, 80 Lansdowne Rd, London W11 2LS, Regno Unito, sharing with Vivian Forbes

• December 18, 1937: died. Buried at St Peter, Church Lane, off Petersham Road, Richmond TW10 7AA, Regno Unito

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer Places, Vol. 3.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer France: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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