FHB Timeline


1937: Central Park Dedication

1925: Final Book Published

1924: Dead at 74

1914: Crossed the Atlantic for the 33rd Time

1911: Published The Secret Garden

1905: Published “A Little Princess”

1905: US Citizenship

1900: Married Her Second Husband

1898: Divorced the Father of Her Children and Her Business Manager

1890: Son Lionel Dead at 16

1888: Frances protects British Authors

1886: Published Little Lord Fauntleroy

1877: Published Her First Book

1876: My Great-Grandfather was born

1874: Became a mother

1873: Married the Boy Next Door

1868: First Story Published

1868: Submitted first story to an editor

1865: End of her formal education

1865: Moved to US from England

1853: Began “telling stories”

1852: Father dies of a stroke

1852: Received her First Book
