Connor [formerly O'Connor], Bernard (c. 1666–1698), physician and writer on Poland, the son of Bernard O'Connor, born in co. Kerry, Ireland, was descended from the O'Connor Kerry family, lords of Kerry. As a Roman Catholic, he was prohibited from attending school or university, and was therefore taught privately by tutors. Of his life in ...
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Connor [formerly O'Connor], Bernard (c. 1666–1698), physician and writer on Poland
Gerald Stone
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Gardner, Monica Mary (1873–1941), writer on Poland and Polish literature
Gerald Stone
Gardner, Monica Mary (1873–1941), writer on Poland and Polish literature, was born on 26 June 1873 at Subiaco Lodge, Roehampton Lane, London, the fifth of the six children of John Gardner (1839–1887), a stockjobber, and his wife, Amy Vernon, née Garratt (d...
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Godwin, George Nelson (1846–1907), antiquary and travel writer
Charles Welch
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Godwin, George Nelson (1846–1907), antiquary and travel writer, the only surviving son of Edward Godwin, a draper of Winchester, and afterwards a farmer of Melksham, Wiltshire, and his wife, Mary Tugwell, was born at Winchester on 4 July 1846. He and his only sister, ...
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Gordon, Lucie Duff [née Lucie Austin], Lady Duff Gordon (1821–1869), travel writer and translator
Lila Marz Harper
Gordon, Lucie Duff [née Lucie Austin], Lady Duff Gordon (1821–1869), travel writer and translator, was born on 24 June 1821 at 1 Queen Square, Westminster, London, near the statue of Queen Anne (this section was demolished in the 1880s and renamed Queen Anne's Gate...
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Leonowens [née Edwards], Anna Harriette (1831–1915), educator and travel writer
Elizabeth Baigent and Lois K. Yorke
Leonowens [née Edwards], Anna Harriette (1831–1915), educator and travel writer, was born in Ahmadnagar, India, on 6 November 1831, the younger daughter of Thomas Edwards (c.1803–1831), formerly a cabinet maker of St George the Martyr parish, London, then a sergeant in the ...
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Anna Harriette Leonowens (1831–1915) by Napoleon Sarony, c. 1870 Kenneth and Margaret Landon Collection (SC-38) Special Collections, Wheaton College, Illinois, USA
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Lindsay, Michael Francis Morris, second Baron Lindsay of Birker (1909–1994), writer on China
Ann Gold
Lindsay, Michael Francis Morris, second Baron Lindsay of Birker (1909–1994), writer on China, was born at 40 Mecklenburg Square, St Pancras, London, on 24 February 1909, the elder son and first of the three children of Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, first Baron Lindsay of Birker...
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Moore, Mary Elizabeth Constance (1860–1933), headmistress and writer on Natal
Sylvia Vietzen
Moore, Mary Elizabeth Constance (1860–1933), headmistress and writer on Natal, was born on 7 February 1860 in Middleham, Yorkshire, one of three children of William George Moore, a solicitor's clerk, and his wife, Mary Ann Smith Holdich. Little is known of her family and early life but she attended ...
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Steel [née Webster], Flora Annie (1847–1929), writer on India and educationist
Rosemary Cargill Raza
Steel [née Webster], Flora Annie (1847–1929), writer on India and educationist, was born on 2 April 1847 at Sudbury Priory, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, the sixth of the eleven children of George Webster and his wife, Isabella (d. 1882), daughter and heir of ...
