Birthday profile

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (died 1958)

Born
May 24, 1892
Died
August 7, 1958
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1892

About Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis was an American children's writer. She received the Newbery Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her first book, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, based on her time as a director of schools in Chungking (Chongqing), won the 1933 Newbery Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1960.

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The world when Elizabeth Foreman Lewis was born

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis was born in 1892. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst heavyweight boxing title under Queensberry rules
  • Top headlineEllis Island immigration station opens
  • Technology milestoneDiesel engine patented by Rudolf Diesel
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population65.0M

1892 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Elizabeth Foreman Lewis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18922026
Population65.0M341 million

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