May Brookyn

May Brookyn (?1854/59 - February 15, 1894) was an English born American stage actress. Her name was spelled Brookyn but is often misspelled Brooklyn. On February 15, 1894 she committed suicide by taking carbolic acid in San Francisco several months after the death of her lover Frederic A. Lovecraft shot himself. Brookyn was born in Greater London, England and is buried in Brooklyn's Evergreen Cemetery.