Lina Waterfield

Lina Waterfield

Lina Duff Gordon in 1898, by George Frederic Watts, costumed after Leonardo da Vinci
Lina Duff Gordon in 1898, by George Frederic Watts, costumed after Leonardo da Vinci
BornCaroline Lucie Duff-Gordon
16 August 1874
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Died27 November 1964(1964-11-27) (aged 90)
Sandwich, Kent, England
OccupationAuthor, Italian correspondent
Spouse
Aubrey Waterfield
(m. 1902; died 1944)
Children3, including Gordon Waterfield
Relatives

Caroline Lucie "Lina" Waterfield OBE (16 August 1874 – 27 November 1964)[1] was an English author and Italian correspondent for The Observer and The Sunday Times. She founded the library which became the British Institute of Florence.

  1. ^ "Waterfield Lina", Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche (SIUSA), 2011 (in Italian), retrieved 7 March 2017.