- John Andrew Rice [1862-1930]
- Anna Belle (Smith) Rice [1862-1899]
Married (1) Nell (Aydelotte) Rice
Children:
- John Andrew Rice, III [1914-1914]
- Mary Rice [1916-?]
- Frank Rice [1918-?]
Married (2) Dikka Caroline (Moen) Rice in 1942
Children:
- Peter N. Rice [1943-?]
- Elizabeth Rice
John Andrew Rice, Jr. was born in 1888 to Reverend John A. Rice, Sr. and his first wife Anna Belle Smith Rice, of an upper class South Carolinian family. He died in 1968.
He attended Oxford and worked as the Head of the Classics Department in the New Jersey College for Women.
He worked at Rollins College until he was dismissed in 1933. In 1933, he founded of the Black Mountain College. He left Black Mountain amid controversy in 1939. From 1943 to 1957, he was a self-employed writer.
Rice married Nell Aydelotte, the sister of Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore College, and in 1942, Dikka Moen. He and Nell had three children: John A III (b. and d. 1914), Mary (1916), and Frank (b. 1918). He and Dikka had children: Peter N. (1943) and Elizabeth D. (unknown). Peter had a congenital heart problem and attended Shrub Oak Central School of Shrub Oak, New York. In the 1940s, Rice appears to have lived in Arkansas and Sarasota, Florida and been writing a book. Dikka was a librarian.
BIOGRAPHY of John Andrew Rice
- John Andrew Rice [1862-1930]
- Anna Belle (Smith) Rice [1862-1899]
Married (1) Nell (Aydelotte) Rice
Children:
- John Andrew Rice, III [1914-1914]
- Mary Rice [1916-?]
- Frank Rice [1918-?]
Married (2) Dikka Caroline (Moen) Rice in 1942
Children:
- Peter N. Rice [1943-?]
- Elizabeth Rice
John Andrew Rice, Jr. was born in 1888 to Reverend John A. Rice, Sr. and his first wife Anna Belle Smith Rice, of an upper class South Carolinian family. He died in 1968.
He attended Oxford and worked as the Head of the Classics Department in the New Jersey College for Women.
He worked at Rollins College until he was dismissed in 1933. In 1933, he founded of the Black Mountain College. He left Black Mountain amid controversy in 1939. From 1943 to 1957, he was a self-employed writer.
Rice married Nell Aydelotte, the sister of Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore College, and in 1942, Dikka Moen. He and Nell had three children: John A III (b. and d. 1914), Mary (1916), and Frank (b. 1918). He and Dikka had children: Peter N. (1943) and Elizabeth D. (unknown). Peter had a congenital heart problem and attended Shrub Oak Central School of Shrub Oak, New York. In the 1940s, Rice appears to have lived in Arkansas and Sarasota, Florida and been writing a book. Dikka was a librarian.
BIOGRAPHY of John Andrew Rice
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