Annabelle Terhune

Annabelle Burdick Terhune (born Pittsburgh – June 24, 1986, Syracuse, New York) was an American journalist, editor and scholar, specialising in the life of Edward FitzGerald. She won the British Academy's Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1982.

Life
Annabelle Burdick Terhune on her wedding day, August 1929

Annabelle Burdick was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied at the Westinghouse High School, and was valedictorian of her class in 1920.[1] She graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she was tennis champion,[2] and obtained a master's degree from Columbia University.[3]

Burdick taught journalism at the University of Pittsburgh.[4] She was also a fashion correspondent for The Display World magazine.[5]

In 1929, she married Alfred McKinley Terhune (1899–1975), a scholar.[6] They moved to Syracuse, New York, where Alfred Terhune became a professor of English at the Syracuse University.[3]

With her husband, Burdick began the monumental task of collecting and collating Edward FitzGerald's correspondence, transcribing, annotating and arranging them in chronological order.[7] The result was four volumes, published in 1980, after Alfred Terhune's death. The work was lauded for thoroughness and considered invaluable not only for FitzGerald studies, but also for scholars of the Victorian society and history.[8][9] Burdick won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize in 1982 for the work.[10]

Annabelle Burdick died June 24, 1986, at the age of 82.[3]

Selected works
  • Terhune, Alfred; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick, eds. (1980). The Letters of Edward FitzGerald, 1830–1850. Vol. I. Princeton University.
  • Terhune, Alfred; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick, eds. (1980). The Letters of Edward FitzGerald, 1851–1866. Vol. II. Princeton University.
  • Terhune, Alfred; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick, eds. (1980). The Letters of Edward FitzGerald, 1867–1876. Vol. III. Princeton University.
  • Terhune, Alfred; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick, eds. (1980). The Letters of Edward FitzGerald, 1877–1883. Vol. IV. Princeton University.

References
  1. "158 Graduate from City High Schools". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. June 25, 1920. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. "U. of M. co-eds who capture tennis honors". Detroit Free Press. December 30, 1923. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. "In Memoriam". Syracuse University Library Associates Courier. XXI (1): 93. 1986. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. "The College Set". The Pittsburgh Press. February 15, 1931. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. "With the New York Displaymen". The Display World. 9 (5): 44. 1926. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. "Miss Annabelle Burdick Bride of Home Ceremony". The Pittsburgh Press. August 21, 1929. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. Morgan, Peter (1986). "Reviewed Work: The Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald, Alfred McKinley Terhune, Annabelle Burdick Terhune". Modern Language Studies. 16 (4). JSTOR 3194795.
  8. Gray, Erik (2008). "FitzGerald and the "Rubáiyát", in and out of Time". Victorian Poetry. 46 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1353/vp.0.0001. JSTOR 40347523. S2CID 162338563.
  9. Weston, John (December 19, 1980). "Letters of a Victorian Man of Letters". Los Angeles Times. p. 25. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  10. "The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize" (PDF). British Academy. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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