Henry Theodore Wade-Gery

NM fell in love with Oxford classical scholar H. T. Wade Gery , whom she nicknamed Widg; they first met in 1920.

NM published Black Sparta: Greek Stories, a volume of poems and stories about the ancient world, with a dedication to two real historians, H. T. Wade Gery and Vivian Wade Gery .

She dedicated this book to My Lover: she thanks both H. T. Wade Gery and her husband (identified by their initials) for talking through her subject with her. She finished the manuscript at...