比奇夫人生于美国新罕布什尔,在那里度过了短暂的童年,剩下的大部分时期都在东部波士顿度过,晚年她的丈夫及母亲相继去世,于是她到欧洲学习生活了四年,回国后定居纽约直至去世。笔者拟把比奇夫人的生平分为三个时期:汉尼克时期、波士顿时期、短暂的欧洲及晚年纽约时期。 Mrs. Beech was born in New Hampshire, United States, where she briefly spent her childhood and spent most of her life in eastern Boston, where her husband and mother died in her later years. She studied in Europe for four years and returned to China After settling in New York until his death. The author intends to divide Beech’s life into three periods: the Hannover period, the Boston period, the ephemeral Europe and the late New York period.