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Issac Austin Henderson
Born at Brooklyn, 1850; died in Rome, March, 1909. His family was
of Scotch and Irish extraction and had lived for many generations in
America. After an early education in private schools and under
tutors, he graduated from Williams College with the degrees of
Bachelor and Master of Arts, and Doctor of Civil Law. In 1872 he
became connected with the New York "Evening Post", which his father
owned in partnership with William Cullen Bryant and John Bigelow,
became assistant publisher in 1875, and from 1877 was publisher,
stockholder, and member of the Board of Trustees. He was a member of
the Union League, University, and Mendelssohn Glee Clubs, all of New
York. Selling his interest in the New York "Evening Post" in 1881,
he went to Europe and lived in London and Rome. In 1886 Mr.
Henderson published his first novel, "The Prelate", while still a
Protestant, and followed it two years later with "Agatha Page". The
latter, soon (1892) dramatized as "The Silent Battle", was produced
by Sir Charles Wyndham at the Criterion Theatre, London, another
dramatic version, entitled "Agatha", being produced the same year at
the Boston Museum. His second drama, "The Mummy and the Humming
Bird", was presented at Wyndham's Theatre, 1901, the principal male
part being again taken by Wyndham. In 1902 it was played at the
Empire Theatre, New York. In 1896 he became a Catholic, adopting the
name of Austin at his Confirmation. In 1903 he was appointed private
chamberlain to Pope Pius X. In early life he had been a prime
promoter of "The New York Evening Post's Fresh Air Fund for
Children"; as an ardent Catholic, his chief work was among the poor
lads of the Trastevere quarter in Rome, to whom he gave a playground
and a well-equipped rainy-day playroom, having kept up always his
keen interest in manly sports. Mr. Henderson was a man of varied
literary ability, and of versatile talents; he was a keen
theologian, had an exquisite sense of humour, was a musician, and
gifted with a fine tenor voice.
JULIA G. ROBINS.
Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII
Copyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton Company
Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight
Nihil Obstat, June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor
Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
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