Grace Revere Osler
Grace Revere Osler | |
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Grace Revere Osler (Oxford, 1894) | |
| Born | 1854 |
| Died | 1928 (aged 73–74) |
Grace Revere Osler (19 June 1854–1928) was an American homemaker and socialite, first the wife of Samuel W. Gross and later of Sir William Osler during his tenure as professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She was widely recognised for the organisation of Osler's domestic life and for her hospitality to successive generations of his students.
Biography
Grave Revere was born in Boston on 19 June 1854, to John Revere, the son of Paul Revere, and Susan Tilden, who would teach her how to run a home and entertain.[1][2] She attended private schools in Boston, including Miss Foote's School for providing challenging education for young women.[2] At the age of 18 she produced an account of the Great Boston Fire (1872), which was reproduced in 1936 in the Boston Evening Transcript.[2]
She first married Samuel W. Gross, the son of Samuel D. Gross.[3][4] Her first pregnancy ended in a stillbirth in 1877.[5] On 7 May 1892 she married William Osler in Philadelphia, and the following year gave birth to Paul Revere Osler, who died after one week.[5][6] On 28 December 1895 she gave birth to Edward Revere Osler (1895–1917).[5]
She was widely recognised for the organisation of Osler's domestic life and for her hospitality to successive generations of his students.[3][7][8]
In 1907 she moved to 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford, a house that later became known as "Open Arms".[2][9] There she was known to entertain visitors, among them Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain.[10]
Gallery
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Memorial plaque
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13 Norham Gardens
References
- ^ Bryan, pp. 308-309
- ^ a b c d Bryan, pp. 588-510
- ^ a b Fulton, John F. (1949). "Grace Revere Osler Her Influence on Men of Medicine". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 23 (4): 341–351. ISSN 0007-5140.
- ^ "Grace Revere Osler. A Brief Memoir". Journal of the American Medical Association. 97 (13): 954. 26 September 1931. doi:10.1001/jama.1931.02730130058045. ISSN 0002-9955.
- ^ a b c Golden, Richard L. (1 January 2015). "Paul Revere Osler: The Other Child". Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 28 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1080/08998280.2015.11929175. ISSN 0899-8280. PMC 4264701. PMID 25552789.
- ^ Bryan, p. 64
- ^ "Osler Photo Collection - Browse". digital.library.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ Harrell, George T. (September 1980). "Grace Revere Osler: A Turn of the Century Professor's Wife". Annals of Internal Medicine. 93 (3): 504–505. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-93-3-504. ISSN 0003-4819. PMID 7001969.
- ^ Bryan, Charles S. (1997). Osler: Inspirations from a Great Physician. Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-511251-1.
- ^ Holme, Chris (25 October 2023). "Unpacking the history of 13 Norham Gardens | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism". reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
Further reading
- Muirhead, Arnold (1931). Grace Revere Osler : a brief memoir / by Arnold Muirhead. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography
- Bryan, Charles S., ed. (2020). Sir William Osler: an encyclopedia (First ed.). Novato, California: Norman Publishing History of Science.com in association with the American Osler Society. ISBN 978-0-930405-91-5.