Florence Dugdale

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Florence Dugdale
Dugdale in 1915
Born	Florence Emily Dugdale (1879-01-12)12 January 1879 Edmonton, London, England
Died	17 October 1937(1937-10-17) (aged 58) Dorchester, Dorset, England
Occupation(s)	Teacher, children's writer
Spouse	Thomas Hardy ​ ​ (m. 1914; died 1928)​

Florence Emily Dugdale (12 January 1879 – 17 October 1937) was an English teacher and children's writer, who was the second wife of the novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. She was credited as the author of Hardy's posthumously published biography, The Early Life and Later Years of Thomas Hardy, although it was written (mostly or entirely) by Hardy himself in his old age.^[1]