Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson

Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942) was an American author, journalist, and teacher best known for her 1912 novel Greyfriars Bobby, which popularized the story of a loyal Skye Terrier guarding his master's grave in Edinburgh. Born in Rensselaer, Indiana, she taught school, worked in journalism in Chicago, and married author Francis Blake Atkinson in 1891, producing works of historical fiction and educational books for children. After her husband's death, she lived on Long Island with her daughter and died in Orangeburg, New York.