Edwina Burbury
Edwina Burbury | |
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Born | 1810s Galway |
Died | 17 February 1870 Wallingford |
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | British |
Edwina Jane Burbury born Edwina Hicks (1810s – 17 February 1870) was an Irish born British writer.[1]
Life
Burbury was born in Galway in 1818 or 1819 to Frances (born Pickering) and Edward Raymond Hicks. Her father was a soldier and her life is not recorded until she marrys a solicitor named Thomas Potter Burbury on 9 August 1841. He was four or five years older than her and they had at least seven children. She appears to have turned to writing because of finances as her husband had difficulties. She had an early success with a book written for young people titled "How to Spend a Week Happily". She wrote for Sharpe's London Magazine[2]
In 1849
She wrote a sequel to "How to Spend a Week Happily" titled, "Mabel Trevor," which was published in the early 1850s[2] as well as her best novel "Florence Sackville".[4] "Florence Sackville" was admired by Charlotte Bronte. By 1855 she was still short of money and Charles Dickens gave her five pounds.[2]
On 15 March 1868 her husband died and she inherited his debts. He had run off with her sister and she had to pay for her children and her sister. However she had been self sufficient financially since 1860. She died on 17 February 1870.[2]
References
- ^ "Author: Edwina Jane Burbury". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
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- ^ Smedley, Frank Edward (1860). Seven Tales by Seven Authors. A. Hall, Virtue & Company.
- ^ Burbury, E. J. (1852). Florence Sackville, Or, Self-dependence: An Autobiography. Harper & Brothers.