Sylvia Townsend Warner | |
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| Born | Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner 6 December 1893 Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 1 May 1978 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Novel, poetry |
| Partner | Valentine Ackland |
Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (6 December 1893 – 1 May 1978) was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as Lolly Willowes, The Corner That Held Them, and Kingdoms of Elfin. Her paternal grandfather, The Reverend George Townsend Warner was headmaster of Newton Abbot Proprietary College in Devon where he had taught Arthur Quiller Couch, Bertram Fletcher Robinson and Percy Fawcett.[1]
- ^ "B. Fletcher Robinson Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2024.