Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 8
July 1983.
Son Julian Hawthorne also became a writer and recorded the biography of his
parents' life.
Grandfather to children's biography writer and poet Hildegarde
Hawthorne, daughter of Julian Hawthorne-Oskison (1871-1934).
Children: Una Hawthorne (1844-1877) Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) Rose
Hawthorne (1851-1926)
Hawthorne added the 'w' to his last name out of guilt and shame due to
the fact that his ancestor was Judge Hathorne at the famous Salem Witch
Trials.
He was a great influence on author Herman Melville, who patterned his
novel "Moby Dick" on Hawthorne's moralistic writings.
Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900 (inaugural election).
Was brother-in-law of education activist Horace Mann.
Hawthorne was from New England.
One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature, he is best known for "The Scarlet Letter" (1850) and "The House of the Seven Gables" (1851).
"Young Goodman Brown" is dramatized for the music video of Brandon Flowers' song "Can't deny my Love".