Frances Colenso

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Standard Name: Colenso, Frances
Birth Name: Frances Ellen Colenso
Nickname: Fanny
Pseudonym: Atherton Wylde
Pseudonym: Zandile
Frances Colenso spent most of her life (lived during the second half of the nineteenth century) in South Africa, and many of her writings reflect her disapproval of the British colonial governmental practices that she witnessed. Her two novels approach these issues from the angle of fiction, and she also produced in her two historical studies a notable account of Natal, its history, its people, and the political climate in which they lived.
Black and white photograph of Frances Colenso. She is in semi-profile, looking to her left. Her hair is pulled back from her face, and she wears a white shirt with a dark ruffled fabric around her neck.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Publishing Georgiana Chatterton
In probably May 1864 GC wrote and sent to Cardinal Wiseman a poem of protest against Bishop Colenso of Natal (father of Frances Colenso ); she also sent it to the comte de Montalembert .
“The Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton”. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Timeline

11 January-4 July 1879: Thousands were killed in the British war...

National or international item

11 January-4 July 1879

Thousands were killed in the British war against the Zulu under chief Cetewayo or Cetshwayo in Zululand (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa.

Texts

Colenso, Frances, and Edward Durnford. History of the Zulu War and Its Origin. Chapman and Hall, 1880.
Daymond, Margaret J., and Frances Colenso. “Introduction”. My Chief and I; or, Six Months in Natal after the Langalibalele Outbreak; and, Five Years Later, a Sequel, University of Natal Press, 1994, pp. 11-45.
Colenso, Frances, and Edward Durnford. My Chief and I; or, Six Months in Natal After the Lagalibalele Outbreak. Chapman and Hall, 1880.
Colenso, Frances. My Chief and I; or, Six Months in Natal after the Langalibalele Outbreak; and, Five Years Later, a Sequel. Editor Daymond, Margaret J., University of Natal Press, 1994.
Colenso, Frances, and Edward Durnford. The Ruin of Zululand. William Ridgway, 1885.
Colenso, Frances. Two Heroes. 1873.