Lillian Spender
Lillian Spender | |
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| Born | Lillian Headland 22 February 1835 London, England |
| Died | 4 May 1895 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Queen's College, London |
| Spouse | John Kent Spender (1858–1882) |
| Children | J. A. Spender (1862–1942) Harold Spender (1864–1926) Hugh Frederick Spender (1873–1930) 1 other son |
| Relatives | Stephen Spender (grandson) |
Lillian Spender (usually known as Mrs. John Kent Spender; 22 February 1835 – 4 May 1895) was an English novelist. As a widow she became active in education and social work in Bath.
Early years and education
Lillian (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.[1]
Career
In 1858, she married John Kent Spender, physician to the Mineral Water Hospital, Bath.[1]
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 education and social work in Bath until her health failed.[1]
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.[1]
Selected works
- Brothers-in-Law (1869)
- Her Own Fault (1871)
- Parted Lives (1873)
- Jocelyn's Mistake (1875)
- Mark Eylmer's Revenge (1876)
- Both in the Wrong (1878)
- Godwyn's Ordeal (1879)
- Till Death Us Do Part (1881)
- Gabrielle de Bourdaine (1882)
- Mr. Nobody (1884)
- The Recollections of a Country Doctor (1885)
- Trust Me: A Novel (1886)
- Her Brother's Keeper: A Novel (1887)
- Kept Secret (1888)
- Lady Hazelton's Confession (1890)
- A Waking (1892)
- A Strange Temptation (1893)
- A Modern Quixote (1894)
References
- ^ a b c d Carlyle 1898.
- Works cited
- Carlyle, Edward Irving (1898). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Notes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Carlyle, Edward Irving (1898). "Spender, Lily". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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