Juliet Bredon

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Juliet Bredon, also known as Juliet Lauru (c. 1881 – 12 December 1937), was a writer. She lived in China for many years and wrote about her experiences there.

Biography[]

Bredon grew up in China in the late 1800s. Her father, Sir Robert Edward Bredon, and her uncle, Sir Robert Hart, were inspectors in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service.[1][2] Her mother was Lily V Banks.[3] Her parents married on Sept 3 1879 in San Francisco. [4] A passenger list of Sacramento Daily Union 18 July 1882 lists Robert E Bredon, wife, child and maid with a destination of China.[5] She lived through the Boxer Rebellion[6] and wrote an article about the experience titled A Lady Besieged in Peking.

She also wrote numerous articles such as the 1921 article "The People of the Wilderness" for National Geographic under the pen name of Adam Warwick.[7]

She married Charles Henry Lauru, of Beijing.[8]

She immigrated to the USA in 1924 with her husband. [9]

She died on 10 December, 1937 in San Francisco.[10] In 1939 her Beijing estate, valued at $3,000, was put up for sale.[11]

Her husband Charles Lauru died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1944 [12]

Publications[]

  • Bredon, Juliet, A Lady in Besieged Pekin, The Wide World Magazine, London, 1901.[13]
  • Bredon, Juliet, Sir Robert Hart, London, 1909, 1st edition;[14] London, 1910, 2nd edition.[15]
  • Bredon, Juliet, Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest, Shanghai, 1920, 1st edition; Shanghai, 1922, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged;[16] and Shanghai, 1931, 3rd edition, revised and enlarged.
  • Warwick, Adam, pen name of Bredon, Juliet, The People of the Wilderness, National Geographic, 1921.
  • Bredon, Juliet, Chinese Shadows (Child songs), Shanghai, 1922.[17]
  • Warwick, Adam, "By Motor Across The Gobi Desert." Travel. Vol. 42, No. 4. February 1924.
  • Bredon, Juliet, The Moon Year - A Record of Chinese Festivals and Customs, Shanghai, 1927.
  • Bredon, Juliet, Chinese New Year Festivals, Shanghai, 1930.
  • Bredon, Juliet, Hundred Altars, Shanghai, 1934.

References[]

  1. ^ "viaLibri ~ Peking. A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest". www.vialibri.net. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ "Hart of Lisburn | Lisburn.com". lisburn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. ^ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries | familysearch.org". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. ^ "Daily Alta California | cdnc.ucr.edu". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. ^ "Daily Alta California | cdnc.ucr.edu". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  6. ^ "South China Morning Post". South China Morning Post. 13 February 1939.
  7. ^ "National Geographic | NationalGeographic.com". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  8. ^ "Chinese New Year Festival. A Picturesque Monograph of the Rites, Ceremonies and Observances in Relation Thereto. de Juliet Bredon: Very Good Hardcover (1930) 1st Edition | Nanya art and fine books". www.iberlibro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  9. ^ "FamilySearch.org | Familysearch.org". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  10. ^ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries | familysearch.org". Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  11. ^ "South China Morning Post". South China Morning Post. 13 December 1937.
  12. ^ "FamilySearch Passenger Lists | Familysearch.org". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  13. ^ Bredon, Juliet (August 1901). "A Lady Besieged in Pekin". The World Wide Magazine. VII (41): 452–457. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  14. ^ Bredon, Juliet (1909). Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career (1st ed.). London: Hutchinson & Co. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ Bredon, Juliet (1910). Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career (2nd ed.). London: Hutchinson & Co. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ Bredon, Juliet (1922). Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of Its Chief Places of Interest (2nd ed.). Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Limited. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  17. ^ Bredon, Juliet (1922). Chinese Shadows. Peking: Pei Kuan Press. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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