Beatrice Batty
Beatrice Batty | |
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Born | 1833 London |
Died | 30 April 1933 Reading |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Beatrice Braithwaite Batty |
Known for | Traveller and Author |
Beatrice Batty (1833–1933) was an English writer and author of ten novels.
Personal life[]
She was born in London, and was the eldest daughter of Henry Stebbing, an English cleric and literary editor. Her siblings included journalist William Stebbing, zoologist Thomas R.R. Stebbing, and novelist .
Batty was educated at a Moravian boarding school in Neuwied, in the Black Forest in southwest Germany.[1] Her experiences there formed the basis for her first book, An English Girl's Account of a Moravian Settlement, which was published in 1858.
In 1860 she married Robert Braithwaite Batty, and they went to India to do missionary work. He died of dysentery and she returned to England.[2]
Writing career[]
Batty wrote at least ten novels, and was editor-in-chief of Coral magazine. She carried on a longtime personal correspondence with John Horden, the first Anglican Bishop of Moosonee, Canada, and in 1893 she published a book of extracts from his letters and papers called Forty-Two Years Amongst the Indians and Eskimo; Pictures from the Life of the Right Reverend John Horden, First Bishop of Moosonee.[3]
From 1892 she lived in Oxford.[4] Batty was a 'fervent attender of societies' and was member of the Oxford University Anthropology Society.[4] Batty gave much of her collection from her travels to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Reading Museum and her papers to the Bodleian Library.[4]
Batty died on 30 April 1933, whilst living in Reading.[5]
References[]
- ^ Doerfel, Marianne (1986). "British pupils in a German boarding school: Neuwied/Rhine 1820–1913". British Journal of Educational Studies. 34: 79–96. doi:10.1080/00071005.1986.9973727.
- ^ Bassett, Troy J. "Author Information: Beatrice Batty". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction 1837-1901.
- ^ "Forty-two years amongst the Indians and Eskimo pictures from the life of the Right Reverend John Horden first bishop of Moosonee by Beatrice Batty". Hathi Trust Digital Archive.
- ^ a b c "Members of the Oxford University Anthropological Society 1909-1920". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- 1833 births
- 1933 deaths
- 19th-century English novelists
- 19th-century English women writers
- English women novelists
- Victorian novelists
- Victorian women writers
- Writers from London