Mary Franklin (d. 1711) was the wife of an English Presbyterian minister. Hannah Burton (1723-1786) was the granddaughter of Mary and Robert Franklin and the wife of a London goldsmith. Vera J. Camden is professor of English at Kent State University, training and supervising analyst at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center, and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. She is associate editor of American Imago and American editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.