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| Born | Mary Brilliana Harley 3 April 1849 London, England |
| Died | 24 April 1910 (aged 61) London, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | author |
| Known for | travel books |
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie FRGS (1876-1940) was an English author, travel writer and water colourist, she wrote as Mrs Alec Tweedie.[1]
Early life
Tweedie was born in London in 1867 the daughter of Dr George Harley FRS and she was educated at Queen's College, London and in Germany. Following a visit to Iceland with her brother she wrote about her journey which became her first book published in 1890.[1]
Author and painter
Although best known as a travel writer she did write a biography of her father (The Life of a London Physician) and after 1912 her works became more autobiographical. She was also a painter and after a two year journey in the East she painted 300 water colours that were exhibited in London in 1921.
Tweedie was a a support of women's rights and served on many charitable committees, she was also life governor of University College Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital.[1]
Family life
In 1887 she married Alexander Leslie Tweedie a marine insurance broker and they had two sons. Her husband died in 1896, her son Leslie died in the first world war and her eldest son Harley died in 1926 in an aircraft accident while serving with the Royal Air Force in Transjordan.[2] She died in London in 1940 aged 78.[1]
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