Kate

Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, English illustrator and watercolorist. She is famous for her fanciful, humorous, delicately colored drawings of child life. She influenced children's clothing and the illustrating of children's books and was often imitated, though never successfully. Among the books for which she provided text as well as illustrations are Under the Window (1879), A Day in a Child's Life (1881), Kate Greenaway's Birthday Album, and The Language of Flowers (1885).

orig. Catherine Greenaway

(born March 17, 1846, London, Eng.—died Nov. 6, 1901, London) British artist and children's-book illustrator. The daughter of a draftsman and wood engraver, she studied art in London. In 1868 she began to exhibit drawings, contribute illustrations to magazines, and design Christmas and Valentine cards. Her first book, Under the Window (1878), was followed by The Birthday Book (1880), Mother Goose (1881), and many others that were enormously successful; the beauty of these books created a revolution in book illustration, and her work was praised by leading art critics around the world. Her yearly almanacs (1888–97) also became very popular.

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orig. Catherine Greenaway

(born March 17, 1846, London, Eng.—died Nov. 6, 1901, London) British artist and children's-book illustrator. The daughter of a draftsman and wood engraver, she studied art in London. In 1868 she began to exhibit drawings, contribute illustrations to magazines, and design Christmas and Valentine cards. Her first book, Under the Window (1878), was followed by The Birthday Book (1880), Mother Goose (1881), and many others that were enormously successful; the beauty of these books created a revolution in book illustration, and her work was praised by leading art critics around the world. Her yearly almanacs (1888–97) also became very popular.

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Kate is a diminutive of the name Katherine and it may refer to:

People with the given name Kate:

• Kate (given name)

In meteorology:

• Hurricane Kate (1985), which hit the US
• Typhoon Kate (1970), a super typhoon that struck the Philippines

Other:

• Kate Wang, an American writer
• "Kate" a young adult novel by Valerie Sherrard
• "Kate", a song by Ben Folds Five
• Nakajima B5N, a Japanese torpedo bomber called "Kate" by the Allies
• Kate (text editor), a text editor for KDE
• Kate Middleton
• Kate Bush
• Kate Rusby
• Kate Moss
• "Kate" is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Army, (it rhymes with Kate Carney)

See also

• Lazy Kate, a device used to hold spools in place while the singles or yarn on them is manipulated