Anna Letitia Waring

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Anna Letitia Waring , who published throughout the later nineteenth century and into the twentieth, was a hymn-writer, who also produced instructional tracts and poetry. Although she wrote from an early age right up until her death, ALW published few works professionally: two fairly slim collections of hymns, three prose tracts, a compilation of scriptural texts, a collection of poetry, and poetry in a periodical.
  • BirthName: Anna Letitia Waring
    British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
    Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001.
    240: 305

  • Pseudonym: A. L. W.
  • Indexed: Anna Lætitia Waring
    Though the British Library Catalogue, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and Dictionary of Literary Biography, all spell her middle name Letitia, some other reference sources use Laetitia.
    Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
    Allibone, S. Austin, editor. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased. Gale Research, 1965.
    Julian, John, editor. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Dover Publications, 1957, 2 vols.

Milestones

19 April 1823

ALW was born at Plas-y-Velin, Neath, Glamorgan, in Wales.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Feminist Companion agree on this year; some other reference books say 1820.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Talbot, Mary S. In Remembrance of Anna Letitia Waring. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Julian, John, editor. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Dover Publications, 1957, 2 vols.
Talbot, Mary S. In Remembrance of Anna Letitia Waring. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1850

ALW published, with her initials, Hymns and Meditations.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

10 May 1910

ALW died at home in Clifton, Bristol, after a brief illness.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001.
240: 307

Biography

Birth and Family

19 April 1823

ALW was born at Plas-y-Velin, Neath, Glamorgan, in Wales.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Feminist Companion agree on this year; some other reference books say 1820.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Talbot, Mary S. In Remembrance of Anna Letitia Waring. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911.
3
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Julian, John, editor. A Dictionary of Hymnology. Dover Publications, 1957, 2 vols.
Talbot, Mary S. In Remembrance of Anna Letitia Waring. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911.
3
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.