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Author: Ellen Mary Robin

Author: Ellen Mary Robin (1861–1938)

Alternate Name(s): E. Gallienne Robin (alternate name or pseudonym)

Biography: Ellen Mary Robin was born in January 1861 on Guernsey, the daughter of grocer Nicolas Robin and his wife Rachel Elizabeth (née Gallienne). In her twenties, she worked as a governess on the island and later moved to England where she worked as a teacher at schools in Norwich, Torquay, Dorking, and Kent. She also wrote several well-recieved novels under the pen name "E. Gallienne Robin" which added her mother's maiden name to her own. She never married and died on 21 September 1938 in Lynn.

Author Tags:

• Educators
• Governesses

References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1911); Kemp; Lynn News 27 September 1938)

Fiction Titles:

1. At the Leap of San Juan: A Sark Story.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898.
2. Jeanette of Jersey.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1900.