Besant, Mrs. Annie

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• Besant

  ·noun ·see <<Bezant>>. ...

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• Steel, Mrs. Flora Annie (Webster)

  (b. 1847) Novelist. Wide-awake Stories (1884), From the Five Rivers (1893), The Potter's Thumb (189...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mrs.

  ·- The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing....

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• Keary, Annie

  (1825-1879) Novelist, wrote some good novels, including Castle Daly, A Doubting Heart, and Oldbury,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip)

  Novelist. Sir Victor's Choice, Denis Doune (1862), Comrades True (1900), The Diva (1901), The Cleave...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Besant, Sir Walter

  (1836-1901) Novelist and historian of London, b. at Portsmouth and ed. at King's Coll., London, and...

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• "Swan, Annie S."

  see Smith, Mrs. Burnett. ...

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• Centlivre, Mrs. Susanna

  (1667-1723) Dramatist and actress, was the dau. of a gentleman of the name of either Rawkins or Fre...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Gatty, Mrs. Alfred (Margaret Scott)

  (1809-1873) Dau. of Rev. A.J. Scott, D.D., a navy chaplain, who served under, and was the trusted f...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)

  (1759-1797) Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...

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• Gore, Mrs. Catherine Grace Frances (Moody)

  (1799-1861) Novelist, dau. of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was b. She m. a Captain Gore, w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Grant, Mrs. Anne (M'Vicar)

  (1755-1838) Was b. in Glasgow, and in 1779 m. the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan, Inverness-s...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Haywood, Mrs. Eliza (Fowler)

  (1693-1756) Dramatist and novelist, b. in London, was early m. to a Mr. H., but the union turning o...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy

  (b. 1620) Biographer, dau. of Sir Allan Apsley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, m. in 1638 John,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth (Simpson)

  (1753-1821) Novelist and dramatist, dau. of a Suffolk farmer. In a romantic fit she left her home a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine (Sawbridge)

  (1731-1791) Dau. of a landed proprietor of Kent, was an advocate of republicanism, and a sympathise...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant (Wilson)

  (1828-1897) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, was b. near Musselburgh. Her literary output began w...

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• Opie, Mrs. Amelia (Alderson)

  (1769-1853) Novelist, dau. of a medical man, was b. at Norwich. In 1798 she m. John Opie, the paint...

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• Radcliffe, Mrs. Ann (Ward)

  (1764-1823) Novelist, only dau. of parents in a respectable position, in 1787 m. Mr. William Radcli...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia (Huntley)

  (1791-1865) American verse writer, was an extraordinarily copious writer of smooth, sentimental ver...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Smith, Mrs. Charlotte (Turner)

  (1749-1806) Was m. at 15 to a West Indian merchant, who by a series of misfortunes and imprudences ...

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• Somerville, Mrs. Mary (Fairfax)

  (1780-1872) Mathematician and writer on science, dau. of Admiral Sir William G. Fairfax, b. at Jedb...

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• Trollope, Mrs. Frances (Milton)

  (1780-1863) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, b. at Stapleton near Bristol, m. in 1809 Thomas A.T....

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• Webster, Mrs. Augusta (Davies)

  (1837-1894) Poet and translator, dau. of Admiral Davies, m. Mr. Thomas Webster, a solicitor. She wr...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wood, Mrs. Ellen (Price)

  (1814-1887) Novelist, writing as "Mrs. Henry Wood," was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, ...

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• Bland, Mrs. Hubert ("E. Nesbit")

  (b. 1858) Poet and novelist. Lays and Legends (1886), second series (1892), A Pomander of Verse (18...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Clifford, Mrs. W.K. (Lane)

  Novelist, etc. Mrs. Keith's Crime (1885), Love Letters of a Worldly Woman (1891), Aunt Anne (1893), ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Cotes, Mrs. Everard (Duncan)

  (b. 1861) Novelist. A Social Departure (1890), American Girl in London (1891), The Simple Adventure...

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• Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Esler, Mrs. Erminda (Rentoul)

  Novelist. The Way of Transgressors (1890), The Way they loved at Grimpat (1894), 'Mid Green Pastures...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Meynell, Mrs. Alice (Thompson)

  Poet and essayist. Preludes, The Rhythm of Life (1893), The Colour of Life (1896), The Flower of the...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Reeves, Mrs. H.

  see Mathers, Helen. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rhys, Mrs. Grace

  (b. 1865) Novelist and essayist. Mary Dominic (1898), The Wooing of Sheila (1901), The Bride (1909)...

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• Smith, Mrs. Burnett ("Annie S. Swan")

  Novelist. Aldersyde, Carlowrie, A Lost Ideal, A Divided House, Not Yet (1898), etc. ...

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• Smith, Mrs. Toulmin

  see Meade, L.T.. ...

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• Stannard, Mrs. Arthur ("John Strange Winter")

  (b. 1856) Novelist. Bootle's Baby, Army Society, Beautiful Jim, The Soul of the Bishop, Grip, He we...

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• Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)

  (b. 1851) Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...

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• Alexander, Mrs. Cecil F. (Humphreys)

  (1818-1895) dau. of Maj. H., b. in Co. Waterford, m. the Rev. W. Alexander, afterwards Bishop of De...

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• Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria (Francis)

  (1802-1880) Was the author of many once popular tales, Hobomok, The Rebels, Philothes, etc. ...

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• Ewing, Mrs. Juliana Horatia (Gatty)

  (1842-1885) Writer of children's stories, dau. of Mrs. Alfred Gatty (q.v.), also a writer for child...

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• Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria (Fielding)

  (1800-1881) Novelist, was b. in Dublin, but left Ireland at the age of 15. Nevertheless, that count...

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• Jameson, Mrs. Anna Brownell (Murphy)

  (1794-1860) Writer on art, dau. of Denis B.M., a distinguished miniature painter, m. Robert Jameson...

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• Linton, Mrs. Eliza Lynn

  (1822-1898) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, dau. of a clergyman, settled in London in 1845, and ...

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• Shelley, Mrs. Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin)

  (1797-1851) Novelist, b. in London, the only child of William Godwin (q.v.) and Mary Wollstonecraft...

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• Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Martha (Butt)

  (1775-1851) Writer of children's books, m. in 1803 Captain H. Sherwood, and went to India, where sh...

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• Southey, Mrs. Caroline Anne (Bowles)

  (1786-1854) Poetess, dau. of a captain in the navy, submitted a poem, Ellen Fitzarthur to Southey (...

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• Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher

  (1811?-1896) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, dau. of Dr. Lyman Beecher, a well-known American cl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson

  (b. 1849) Novelist and dramatist. That Lass o' Lowrie's (1877), Haworths (1879), A Fair Barbarian (...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa (Stewart)

  (b. 1839) Novelist and writer for children. Carrots, Cuckoo Clock, Herr Baby, The Boys, etc.; novel...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Praed, Mrs. Rosa Caroline Mackworth ("Mrs. Campbell Praed")

  (b. 1851) Australian novelist. Policy and Passion (1881), Nadine (1882), The Head Station (1885), M...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ritchie, Mrs. Anne Isabella (Thackeray)

  (b. 1837) Novelist, etc. The Story of Elizabeth (1863), The Village on the Cliff (1865), To Esther ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia

  (b. 1845) Novelist. Mr. Smith (1874), Pauline (1877), Troublesome Daughters (1880), The Baby's Gran...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards)

  (1867-1906) Dau. of John Morgan, R. b. in Boston, Massachusetts. Most of her education was received...

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• Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)

  Novelist and dramatist. The Little Squire (1894), A Toy Tragedy, Deborah of Tod's (1897), Catherine ...

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• Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere

  (1663 or 1672-1724) Novelist, dramatist, and political writer, dau. of Sir Roger Manley, was decoye...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin