Charles Felton Pidgin

Charles Felton Pidgin
Pidgin c. 1918
Pidgin c. 1918
Born(1844-11-11)November 11, 1844
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedJune 3, 1923(1923-06-03) (aged 78)
Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts
Occupation
  • Writer
  • statistician
  • inventor
Notable worksQuincy Adams Sawyer (1900)
SpouseLizzie Abbott Dane
Lucy Sturtevant Gardner
Frances Fern Douglass

Charles Felton Pidgin (November 11, 1844 – June 3, 1923) was an American author, statistician, and inventor.[1] He is best known for his 1900 novel Quincy Adams Sawyer, which became successful largely due to a big marketing campaign, and was adapted for the stage and silent film.

  1. ^ Ayers, Herry Morgan. The Reader’s Dictionary of Authors (1917; 2015)