Mary Augusta Ward | |
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Born | Mary Augusta Arnold 11 June 1851 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Died | 24 March 1920 London, England | (aged 68)
Pen name | Mrs. Humphry Ward |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Thomas Humphry Ward |
Children | Arnold Ward Janet Trevelyan |
Relatives | Tom Arnold (father) Aldous Huxley (nephew) |
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Mary Augusta Ward CBE (née Arnold; 11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.[1] She worked to improve education for the poor setting up a Settlement in London and in 1908 she became the founding President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League.