词条 | Lillian Spender |
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| name = Lillian Spender | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Lillian Headland | birth_date = {{birth date|1835|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1895|5|4|1835|2|22|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = novelist | nationality = English | citizenship = | education = Queen's College, London | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = John Kent Spender (1858–1882) | partner = | children = J. A. Spender (1862–1942) Harold Spender (1864–1926) Hugh Frederick Spender (1873–1930) 1 other son | relatives = Stephen Spender (grandson) | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }} Lillian Spender (usually known as Mrs. John Kent Spender; 22 February 1835 – 4 May 1895) was an English novelist. Early years and educationLillian (nickname, Lily) Headland was born on 22 February 1835, and was the daughter of Edward Headland, a well-known physician of Portland Place, London. Her mother was the daughter of Ferdinand de Medina, a Spaniard. Spender was educated at Queen's College, Harley Street.{{sfn|Carlyle|1898}} CareerIn 1858, she married Mr. John Kent Spender, physician to the Mineral Water Hospital, Bath.{{sfn|Carlyle|1898}} After her marriage, Spender turned her attention to literature. She contributed to the London Quarterly Review, the English Woman's Journal, the Dublin University Review, the British Quarterly Review, and to a magazine called Meliora; but after 1869, she chiefly confined herself to novel-writing. She was active in educational and social work in Bath until her health failed.{{sfn|Carlyle|1898}} She died at Bath on 4 May 1895. Of Spender's eight children, seven survived her. Two of her sons, J. A. Spender and Harold Spender, were well-known London journalists.{{sfn|Carlyle|1898}} Selected works
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10 : 1835 births|1895 deaths|19th-century British women writers|19th-century British writers|English women novelists|Women of the Victorian era|Victorian novelists|Victorian women writers|Pseudonymous writers|Pseudonymous women writers |
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