User:Krishl1313/Marchette Chute

Marchette Gaylord Chute (August 16, 1909 - May 6, 1994) was an American author, poet, and biographer. She was best known for her book, "Shakespeare of London" (1950), which was a best seller and Book-of-the-Month Club dual selection.

The second of three daughters of William Chute and Edith Mary Pickburn Chute, Marchette was born in Wayzata, Minnesota. Her younger sister is novelist Beatrice J. (B.J.) Chute. Marchette was privately educated at home and then attended Central High School in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota. Miss Chute wrote many works for Children, including "Rhymes About Ourselves" (1932), "Rhymes About the Country" (1941), "The Innocent Wayfaring" (1943), and "Rhymes About the City" (1946).

Among her other books were "An Introduction to Shakespeare" (1951); "Ben Jonson of Westminster" (1953); "Two Gentlemen: The Lives of George Herbert and Robert Herrick" (1959); "The First Liberty: A History of the Right to Vote in America, 1619-1850," and "PEN American Center: A History of the First 50 Years" (1972).

Miss Chute was elected to the American Academy of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.