Birth
She was born in 1909 in Washington, D.C.. Her father was Alfred Francis Hopkins I (1879-1955) who was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania and worked as an antique salesman. Alfred was said to be related to the Hopkins family that started Johns Hopkins University; Alfred's father was from Maryland, and his mother from Maine. Nancy's mother was Anne DeWolf Gibson (1877-1963). Nancy had a brother, Alfred Francis Hopkins II (1914-1988), an illustrator, and two sisters. She was a niece of Lady Nancy Astor and her uncle Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) was the creator of the Gibson Girl.
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“The boredom of Sunday afternoon, which drove de Quincey to drink laudanum, also gave birth to surrealism: hours propitious for making bombs.”
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This bird of dawning singeth all night long,
And then they say no spirit dare stir abroad,
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No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallowed, and so gracious, is that time.”
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