During summer vacations, she learned German from her brother Wilse
(Hugh Wilson) and immersed herself in his Washington College
books.
Harris, Sharon M. Rebecca Harding Davis and American Realism. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Rebecca Harding Davis
Of her four surviving siblings, RHD
was closest to her younger brother, Hugh Wilson
, who later became professor of physics and mathematics at Pennsylvania's Lehigh University
.
Lasseter, Janice Milner, and Sharon M. Harris, editors. “Introduction”. Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography, Vanderbilt University Press, 2001, pp. 1-19.