Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872–1937) was an American socialite and opera patron. McCormick was the fourth daughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller ("Cettie") (1839–1915). Her famous younger brother was John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A socialite is a person (male or female, but more often used for a woman) of social prominence who is considered to be an influential social figure. ... Standard Oil (1870–1911) was a large, integrated, oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ... A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul or a tycoon, is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from said control. ... John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Laura Spelman Rockefeller, (1839-1915), (known as Cettie), was a philanthropist, the namesake of Spelman College and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and the wife of the richest man who has ever lived, John D. Rockefeller, the founder of both Standard Oil and the Rockefeller family dynasty. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

She married Harold Fowler McCormick, a son of Chicago's mechanical reaper inventor Cyrus McCormick, in 1895. McCormick and her father had an often stormy relationship, where her extravagance would often conflict with his known frugality. Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941) was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company. ... The reaper was a horse-drawn farm implement invented in 1831 and patented by Cyrus McCormick in 1834 to cut small grain crops. ... Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884) of Virginia was an Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, marketer and newspaper editor. ...

A famous story of McCormick involves an evening in 1901 during a party at her country retreat in Lake Forest, Illinois. News arrived that McCormick's son, John Rockefeller McCormick, had died of scarlet fever. This was whispered to her at the dinner table; she proceeded to merely nod her head and allowed the party to continue without incident. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ...

She received some minor press in 1923 for claiming to be the reincarnation of the wife of King Tutankhamen, whose tomb had just been explored and was a popular topic. She was quoted as saying, "I married King Tutankhamen when I was only sixteen years old. I was his first wife. Only the other day, while glancing through an illustrated paper, I saw a picture of a chair removed from the King's chamber. Like a flash I recognized that chair. I had sat in it many times."^[1]. She followed up in Time magazine by stating "My interest in reincarnation is of many years' standing."[1]

Children

1. John Rockefeller McCormick (1896–1901)
2. Editha McCormick (1897–1898)
3. Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr. (1898–1973)
4. Muriel McCormick Hubbard (1903–1959)
5. Mathilde McCormick Oser (1906–1947)

Notes

Mrs. McCormick went into psychoanalysis with Carl Gustav Jung and contributed generously to the Zürich Psychological Society.

Further reading

Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. London: Warner Books, 1998. Bair, Deirdre, "Jung - A Biography" London: Time-Warner Books UK, 2004

See also

• Rockefeller family
• John D. Rockefeller