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Louey Chisholm (Louise Charlotte Jack, née Steinitz;^[1] 1863^[2] – 28 October 1948)^[3] was a British writer, editor, and publisher of books for children.^[4]

Life

Louise Charlotte Steinitz was born in 1863, the daughter of German and Scottish parents.^[3] Her father was Reverend J.

J. Steinitz.^[5] She was educated in Dollar and Edinburgh.^[3]

She married Edwin Chisholm Jack, a publisher, on 28 June 1894.^[5] He encouraged her interest in poetry and storytelling for children.^[3] The couple lived in Edinburgh, where Louise was active in the Edinburgh Poetry Club, and the local branch of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse.^[3] They had a house built for them by Robert Lorimer, moving later to a terrace house in Morningside.^[3] Her close friends included art historian James Caw, writer Herbert Read, and artist Henry John Lintott.^[3]