Emma Jane Worboise

20 April 1825 - 24 August 1887

EJW was a prolific Victorian novelist who wrote didactic and often sensational tales on domestic, courtship, evangelical, ecumenical (within Protestantism), and anti-Catholic themes. Apart from her nearly fifty novels, she published a book of hymns and songs and a biography of Thomas Arnold . She was also the editor of and a frequent contributor to The Christian World Magazine from its inception in 1866 until shortly before her death.

Melnyk, Julie. “Emma Jane Worboise and <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘j’>The Christian World Magazine</span>: Christian Publishing and Women’s Empowerment”. Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol.

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Milestones

20 April 1825

EJW , later an evangelical novelist and editor of The Christian World Magazine, was born in Legge Street, Birmingham, the eldest of her family.

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1887

EJW , who kept writing until her death, was about sixty-two when her final publication appeared: the novel His Next of Kin.

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24 August 1887

EJW , the evangelical novelist and editor of The Christian World Magazine, died at Clevedon in Somerset of the effects of alcoholism.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth

20 April 1825

EJW , later an evangelical novelist and editor of The Christian World Magazine, was born in Legge Street, Birmingham, the eldest of her family.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.