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Brenda Maddox | |
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Born | Brenda Murphy February 24, 1932 Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | June 16, 2019 | (aged 87)
Occupation | Biographer Journalist |
Alma mater | Harvard University London School of Economics |
Notable works | Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA |
Notable awards | Suffrage Science award (2011) |
Spouse | [1] |
Children | Bronwen Maddox Bruno Maddox |
Brenda, Lady Maddox FRSL (née Murphy; February 24, 1932 – June 16, 2019)[1] was an American writer and biographer, who spent most of her adult life living and working in the UK, from 1959 until her death.[2] She is best known for her biographies, including of Nora Barnacle, the wife of James Joyce, and for her semi-autobiographical book, The Half-Parent: Living with Other People's Children.