Frances's mother, Ellen Darwin
, a great-niece of the poet Wordsworth
, was a Fellow and lecturer in English literature at Newnham College
.
Raverat, Gwen. Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood. Faber and Faber.
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Cornford, Hugh et al. “Frances Cornford 1886-1960”. Selected Poems, edited by Jane Dowson and Jane Dowson, Enitharmon Press, p. xxvii - xxxvii.
xxvii
According to Frances's cousin Gwen Darwin
, a later...
Friends, Associates
Amy Levy
Others among her friends were Ellen Wordsworth Crofts
, who later became the mother of the poet Frances Cornford
, and Karl Pearson
, mathematician, eugenicist, and founder of the Men and Women's Club
.
Pullen, Christine. The Woman Who Dared: A Biography of Amy Levy. Kingston University Press.
115, 98
Health
Frances Cornford
Frances Cornford
's mother
died, triggering the first of Frances's serious depressions.
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