Elizabeth Gray Vining
Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (October 6, 1902 -
November 27, 1999), born Elizabeth Janet Gray and also known
as Elizabeth Gray Vining, was a professional librarian who tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in
English while he was the Crown Prince. (She also tutored other members of the Imperial Household: Prince Hitachi and Princesses Kazuko, Atsuko, and Takako.) For her work, she was awarded the Third
Order of the Sacred Crown. A
Partial bibliography
- Meredith's Ann (1927)
- Tangle Garden (1928)
- Meggy MacIntosh (1930)
- Jane Hope (1933)
- Young Walter Scott (1935)
- Beppy Marlowe (1936)
- Penn (1938)
- Contributions of the Quakers (1939)
- The Fair Adventure (1940)
- Adam of the Road (1942)
- Sandy (1945)
- Windows for the Crown Prince (1952)
- The Virginia Exiles (1955)
- Friend of Life - A Biography of Rufus M. Jones (1958)
- The Cheerful Heart (1959)
- Return to Japan (1960)
- I Will Adventure (1962)
- Take Heed of Loving Me (1963)
- Flora: A Biography (1966)
- I, Roberta (1967)
- Quiet Pilgrimage (1970)
- The Taken Girl (1972)
- Being Seventy - The Measure of a Year (1978)
- Harnessing Pegasus: Inspiration and Meditation (1978)
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