Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 34. Gale Research.
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Education | Dora Russell | After finishing her degree course at Girton College
, Dora Black
(later Russell
) studied French, and eighteenth-century French literature in particular, at University College, London
. She did her work mainly in the British Museum |
Textual Production | Vita Sackville-West | Her written journalism was complemented by public speaking and broadcasting on the BBC
: on women's rights, literature, travel, and English society. Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 34. Gale Research. 34: 261 |
Textual Production | G. B. Stern | GBS
did her writing early in the day: sometimes before breakfast, always from ten to one. Stern, G. B. Trumpet Voluntary. Cassell. 51 |
Education | Marie Stopes | From there she gained entrance to the honours programme at University College, London
, reserved mainly for male students. |
Occupation | Marie Stopes | She also taught at London University, and became a Fellow of University College, London
, in 1910. At this stage her research focussed on paleobotany, the study of fossil plants. (Her work in the field... |
Textual Production | Julia Strachey | JS
's papers are held by University College London
. “Julia Strachey Papers”. University College London: Library Services. |
politics | Anna Swanwick | The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Sophie Veitch | SV
's elder sister, Zepherina Philadelphia
(whose name on marriage became Smith), was born on 1 April 1836 at Sopley in Hampshire. After the family returned from Palestine she became successively an early student at... |
Travel | Sophie Veitch | SV
's family returned to England presumably before and perhaps long before 1867 (when Sophie's elder sister entered University College, London
). Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Zepherina Philadelphia Smith |
Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | |
Reception | Harriette Wilson | Contemporary admirers of HW
on literary grounds included Walter Scott
, who praised her dialogue and intelligence, and thought her out and out Thirkell, Angela. The Fortunes of Harriette. Hamish Hamilton. 218 |
Literary responses | Emma Caroline Wood | Not all responses to this novel were negative. Professor Henry Morley
of University College, London
, wrote an unsolicited letter which was printed and circulated to defend Sorrow on the Sea from the prevailing charges... |
Textual Features | Emma Jane Worboise | Arnold represented a fascinating subject for a biographer interested in the shades of religious faith and their interaction with secular politics. Worboise relates his experiences as a member of the Senate of the new London University |
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