| Nan Agle | |
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| Birth: | 13 April 1905 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Death: | 14 February 2006 Sykesville, Maryland, USA |
| Age: | 100 years, 307 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Centenarian | |
Nan Hayden Agle (born Anna Bradford Hayden; 13 April 1905 – 14 February 2006) was an American centenarian and children's book writer.
Biography[]
Nan Agle was born as Anna Bradford Hayden in Baltimore, Maryland on 13 April 1905. Her parents were Charles Swett Hayden and Emily Spencer Hayden. She was a granddaughter of the chief editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun, Edward Spencer.
Agle attended Goucher College. She married Harold H. Cecil in 1925, with whom she had two sons, but the union ended in divorce. She married, secondly, to John Agle in 1947. Once her two sons were in school, she returned to Maryland Institute College of Art and earned a fine arts degree, studying with the artist Herman Maril.
Agle was an art teacher at the Friends School of Baltimore and at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She and Ellen Wilson co-authored a series of children's books known as the Three Boys series, about the adventures of the fictional triplet boys: Abercrombie, Benjamin, and Christopher. The first book of the series, Three Boys and a Lighthouse, was completed in 1951. Its success led to more stories about adventures of the triplets, with an adventure in space at the end of the series.
In 1973, Agle wrote a book titled Susan's Magic, which was later changed into Susan and Sereena and the Cat's Place. Another of her books documented the adventures of a former slave.
Nan Agle died at her home in Sykesville, Maryland on 14 February 2006, at the age of 100 years, 307 days, following a fall.
References[]
- Nan Hayden Agle (1905–2006) LibraryThing
- Nan Hayden Agle, 100, author of children's books The Baltimore Sun, 21 February 2006 (Archived)
- Nan Hayden Agle Prezi, 6 June 2012