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Amos Tappan Wilder is an American writer and urban historian. He is the nephew of American Playwright Thornton Wilder and served for twenty-nine years as his literary executor.[1] He currently serves as Managing Member of The Wilder Family LLC.
After graduating from Union Theological Seminary, he held various administrative positions at Yale for fifteen years. He later moved to Washington, DC to work principally in the urban and heath care fields. He has lived in Northern California since 2016.
Family
editTappan's mother was Catharine Kerlin and his father, Amos Niven Wilder (September 18, 1895 – May 1, 1993), Thornton Wilder's older brother, was and an American poet, minister, and theology professor.
His grandfather, Amos Parker Wilder, was a journalist with a doctorate from Yale, who served as United States Consul General in Hong Kong and Shanghai between 1906 and 1914.
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edit- ^ "Sausalito resident keeps his uncle Thornton Wilder's legacy alive". February 4, 2023.