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About Sylvia Woodbridge Beach
Nancy Woodbridge Beach
Occupation: Bookseller, writer, publisher
Known for: Founder of Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_and_Company_%28bookstore%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_and_Company_(bookstore)]
Sylvia Beach (March 14, 1887 – October 5, 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach in her father's parsonage in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, was one of the leading expatriate figures in Paris between World War I and II.
http://books.google.fi/books?id=CflTGy83dkAC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&hl=fi&o...
Born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, named for her grandmother Orbison. Later changed her name to Sylvia.
Note: Some of the facts included here were found in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Beach) , so the validity may be questionable.
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Sylvia Woodbridge Beach's Timeline
| 1887 |
March 14, 1887
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Baltimore, MD, United States
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| 1962 |
October 5, 1962
Age 75
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
Was living in an apartment at 12 Rue de l'Odeon in Paris. |