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Author and illustrator of children's books, Munro Leaf lived in Andover from 1955 to 1975.  He is best known for ''The Story of Ferdinand'' (1936) and his "can be fun" series.
He also wrote a long running monthly feature for ''Ladies Home Journal'' and was an instructor at Phillips Academy.


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Peter Hornbeck, nationally renowned landscape architect, redesigned the Memorial Hall Library front entrance.  He was on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design for 17 years.
Broadfields estate, his 14-acre home in Andover, was designed by Percival Gallagher and James Sturges Pray of Olmsted Brothers (Brookline, Mass.) and planted during 1905-1920. Upon his death on June 3, 1998, he endowed the Hornbeck Fund at Harvard for teaching and research in landscape architecture.
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*''Andover Townsman'' , June 11, 1998, page 28.
* ''Andover Townsman'', November 5, 1964. p. 4,5.
* Andover Street Lists, 1955-1975.
* American National Biography, vol. 13, pages 325-326.
* ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', December 22, 1976. p. 1
*From Every Walk of Life, Famous Have Called Andover Home. ''Andover Townsman'' October 7, 1999, p.23A (Andover 2000 section)
*"Famous People Who Call Andover Home", Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1998, page 38A.
*[http://www.librarypoint.org/author_munro_leaf Munro Leaf]


* ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', June 4, 1998


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Author and illustrator of children's books, Munro Leaf lived in Andover from 1955 to 1975. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936) and his "can be fun" series. He also wrote a long running monthly feature for Ladies Home Journal and was an instructor at Phillips Academy.


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  • Andover Townsman, November 5, 1964. p. 4,5.
  • Andover Street Lists, 1955-1975.
  • American National Biography, vol. 13, pages 325-326.
  • Lawrence Eagle Tribune, December 22, 1976. p. 1
  • From Every Walk of Life, Famous Have Called Andover Home. Andover Townsman October 7, 1999, p.23A (Andover 2000 section)
  • "Famous People Who Call Andover Home", Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1998, page 38A.
  • Munro Leaf



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