Mary Augusta Ward

Mary Augusta Ward
BornMary Augusta Arnold
(1851-06-11)11 June 1851
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died24 March 1920(1920-03-24) (aged 68)
London, England
Pen nameMrs. Humphry Ward
NationalityBritish
SpouseThomas Humphry Ward
ChildrenArnold Ward
Janet Trevelyan
RelativesTom 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.

  1. ^ Gwynn, Stephen (1917). Mrs. Humphry Ward. New York: Henry Holt and Company.