Elizabeth Gray Vining

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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 Quaker, she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an author with over 60 works, and was awarded a Newbery medal for Adam of the Road. She was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, class of 1923.

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• 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)
• Return to Japan (1960)
• Take Heed of Loving Me (1964)
• Flora: A Biography (1966)
• I, Roberta (1967)
• Quiet Pilgrimage (1970)
• The Taken Girl (1972)
• Being Seventy - The Measure of a Year (1978)

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