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Elizabeth Wordsworth was born on June 22, 1840, in London, United Kingdom. She was a daughter of Christopher Wordsworth and Susanna Hartley Frere.
The Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire that Elizabeth Wordsworth received in 1928.
Statue of Elizabeth Wordsworth at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford.
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Elizabeth Wordsworth was born on June 22, 1840, in London, United Kingdom. She was a daughter of Christopher Wordsworth and Susanna Hartley Frere.
Elizabeth Wordsworth was educated at home. She learned several modern languages as well as Latin and Greek. Wordsworth attended courses at the University of Oxford.
Elizabeth Wordsworth received an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Oxford in 1921. She also received a Doctor of Civil Law degree in 1928.
Elizabeth Wordsworth began writing poetry at an early age. She sent her articles and poems to the children’s magazine “Monthly Packet”. Her Ballads from English History was published in 1864. In 1878 Wordsworth became the director of Lady Margaret Hall and held this post until 1908. In 1886 she inherited some money from her father and founded St Hugh's College. Wordsworth served as a lecturer to women at the University of Oxford from 1885 to 1886.
Elizabeth Wordsworth wrote plays, biographies and religious articles. In 1873, she published Thoughts for the Chimney Corner. Later she wrote Short words for long evenings and Henry William Burrows, Memorials. Wordsworth wrote novels Thornwell Abbas and Ebb and Flow under the pseudonym of Grant Lloyd. She also was a co-author of a biography of her father. She was a contributor to periodicals, including Aunt Judy’s Magazine, Guardian. She remained active until her death in 1932, spending her last years writing, entertaining students, lecturing, reading, exercising, and studying the Bible.
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