Fredeman, William E., and Ira Bruce Nadel, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 35. Gale Research.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Dinah Mulock Craik | Dinah Mulock
received a Civil List
pension of £60 annually. Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Dinah Mulock Craik | DMC
also donated her Civil List
Pension to aspiring writers. Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne. 18 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Amelia B. Edwards | Late in her life ABE
was granted a pension on the Civil List
, of seventy-five pounds annually. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Margiad Evans | Money was always tight throughout ME
's life. She began her writing career relying on her father's tiny pension to supplement her earnings from intermittent paid work, and it was a problem for her when... |
| Reception | Emily Faithfull | A testimonial dinner was given for EF
in 1871, where she was presented with a silver tea and coffee service. Vicinus, Martha. “Lesbian Perversity and Victorian Marriage: The 1864 Codrington Divorce Trial”. Journal of British Studies, Vol. 36 , pp. 70-98. 84 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Emily Faithfull | In spite of this business, EF
was the recipient of charitable supplements to her income. She was allotted £100 from the royal bounty in November 1886, and was granted an annual pension of £50 from... |
| Reception | Anna Maria Hall | AMH
received a Civil List
pension of £100 a year as a recognition of her literary achievements and of her unexceptionable opinions. Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Anna Maria Hall | AMH
's Civil List
pension, awarded in 1868, helped the Halls' financial situation considerably. On 20 September 1874, when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they received both a substantial lump sum and an annuity... |
| Reception | Cicely Hamilton | CH
was awarded a Civil List
pension for her contributions to literature. Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge. 309 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Anne Duffus Hardy | MADH
, now a widow, received a Civil List
pension of £100 a year in recognition of her husband's services. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Harraden | BH
is said to have devoted only an hour and a half each day to her writing, allowing it to encroach no further than this on her life. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Matilda Hays | In 1847, while still in her twenties, MH
was led by her desire to improve the lot of women to found a periodical. In the words of her later application for a Civil List
pension:... |
| Reception | Emily Hickey | In old age EH
was awarded a Civil List
pension. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research. 199: 171 |
| Reception | Frances Sarah Hoey | FSH
was granted a Civil List
pension of £50 a year, at a time when her recent widowhood made it badly needed. Edwards, Peter David. Frances Cashel Hoey, 1830-1908: A Bibliography. Department of English, University of Queensland. 29 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Reception | Mary Howitt | Shortly after her husband
's death, Mary Howitt
was awarded a Civil List
pension of £100 per annum in recognition of her services to literature. Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher. |
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