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Frank Nash Westcott (August 8, 1858 – 1915) was a reverend and writer.[1] He was born in Syracuse, New York. He wrote two novels.[2]

His father, Amos Westcott, was an influential professor, dentist, dental college founder, and politician who served as an alderman and mayor of Syracuse.[3]

Frank N.Westcott became an ordained minister and served at the St. James Protestant Episcopal Church in Skaneateles, New York.[4]

His brother Edward Noyes Westcott was a banker and writer who authored the popular novel David Harum. Published posthumously in 1899, months after his death, it is set in Central New York.

Struggling with sleeplessness, nervous trouble, and a broken arm, Frank Westcott committed suicide while in hospital in 1915.

Bibliography

• The Heart of Catholicity
• Dabney Todd
• Hepsey Burke
• Catholic Principles

Filmography

• Down Home (1920), based on his novel Dabney Todd

References

External links

• Frank N. Westcott at Find a Grave

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