Flora Thompson

Flora Thompson
Born
Flora Jane Timms[1]

(1876-12-05)5 December 1876[1]
Juniper Hill, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Died21 May 1947(1947-05-21) (aged 70)[1]
Brixham, Devon, England[1]
Resting placeLongcross Cemetery, Dartmouth, Devon, England[1]
50°20′55″N 3°35′48″W / 50.348601°N 3.596723°W / 50.348601; -3.596723
EmployerPost office
Known forAuthor and poet
Notable workLark Rise to Candleford
SpouseJohn William Thompson[1]
Children3

Flora Jane Thompson (née Timms; 5 December 1876 – 21 May 1947) was an English novelist and poet best known for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Lindsay, Gillian (2004). "Thompson, Flora Jane (1876–1947)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38059. Retrieved 19 January 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)