Gertrude Hall (1863-1961) was an American poet, novelist, and translator. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother, Edna Amile, was a concert and her father, David Culver Hall, was a concert tour conductor. The family lived in London, Florence, and New York. Gertrude Hall married literary critic William Crary Brownell in 1921. Her works include: Verses (1890), Age of Fairygold (1899), April’s Sowing: A tale (1900), Aurora the Magnificent (1917), and The Wagnerian Romances (1925).