John Lawson Stoddard | |
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| Born | April 24, 1850 Brookline, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | June 5, 1931 (aged 81) South Tyrol, Italy |
| Occupation | lecturer, author, photographer |
| Education | Williams College Yale Divinity School |
| Genre | travelogues |
| Notable works | John L. Stoddard's Lectures The Stoddard Library Rebuilding a Lost Faith |
| Children | Lothrop Stoddard |
John Lawson Stoddard (April 24, 1850 – June 5, 1931) was an American lecturer, author and photographer.[1][2] He was a pioneer in the use of the stereopticon or magic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world.[2] Because he published books related to his travels, he is credited with developing the genre of travelogues.[3][4]
In 1935, Daniel Crane Taylor wrote, "Stoddard's rise to fame was spectacular and unprecedented in the annals of American entertainers. No American lecturer, musician or actor has ever won so large a following in so short a time. From his second season, almost every lecture was sold out…He filled Daly's Theatre, one of the largest in New York, fifty times a season for ten years. …This would mean that Stoddard alone drew approximately one hundred thousand persons in New York each year."[5]
- ^ "John Lawson Stoddard". The Boston Globe. June 6, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "John Lawson Stoddard." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: Biography, Accessed 23 May 2022.
- ^ Manning MJ, McCutcheon C. "Education in the School of Dreams: Travelogues and Early Nonfiction Film." Journal of American Culture. 2014;37(2):225-226. via EBSCO, accessed May 23, 2022. doi:10.1111/jacc.12173
- ^ Burton Holmes, hired by Stoddard as his junior associate; coined the term, “travelogues." 3
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