The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bellamy, Edward
BELLAMY, Edward, American author: b.
Chicopee Falls, Mass., 29 March 1850; d. there,
22 May 1898. He was educated in Germany;
admitted to the bar; was on the staff of the
Evening Post of New York in 1871-72; and on
his return from the Sandwich Islands in 1877,
founded the Springfield News. He is best
known by his novel ‘Looking Backward’
(1888), a socialistic work, of which an
immense number of copies were sold in two years.
This led to the formation of Nationalist clubs,
in which work Mr. Bellamy took active part.
His other books are ‘Six to One: a Nantucket
Idyl’ (1878); ‘Dr. Heidenhoff's Process’
(1880): ‘Miss Ludington's Sister’ (1884);
‘Equality’ (1897); ‘The Duke of Stockbridge’
(1901), a sequel to ‘Looking Backward.’