Searing, Laura Redden (pseudonym “Howard Glyndon”) (F)
Surname: Searing (née Redden) Forename(s): Laura Catherine Redden b. 9 February 1840. d. 10 August 1923. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Deaf poet, editor, and journalist. Pseudonym: “Howard Glyndon.” Née Redden. Educated
at St. Louis Missouri Institution for Deaf Mutes. Prolific periodical poet. Assistant
editor of St. Louis Presbyterian (1857-1858). Civil War correspondent for St. Louis Republican, then foreign correspondent for the Republican, New York Sun, and New York Times (mainly in France and Italy). Married Edward W. Searing in 1876. Publications include
Idyls of Battle and Poems of the Rebellion (1864), Sounds from the Secret Chambers (1873), El Dorado (1897). Biographical information: ANB. (AC)