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Author: Anna Jane Buckland

Author: Anna Jane Buckland (1827–1896)

Biography: Anna Jane Buckland was born 6 November 1827 in London, the third daughter of iron master James Munn Buckland and his wife Sarah Anne (née Smith). She became a schoolteacher, evenually running a girls' school with her sisters in Devizes then Reading. In addition, she wrote several books for young adult readers. She never married and died on 15 December 1896 in Ham, Surrey.

Author Tags:

• Educators

References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1871, 1881); Reading Mercury (24 December 1896)

Fiction Titles:

1. Twelve Links of the Golden Chain.  1 vol.  London: James Hogg, 1861.
2. The Little Warringtons.  1 vol.  London: James Hogg, 1861.
3. Lily and Nannie at School: A Story for Little Girls.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1868.
4. The Hillside Farm.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1869.
5. The Diary of Nannette Dampier: During the Years 1664-66. Written by her in the French Language, and now Translated into English.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Johnstone, Hunter, and Co., 1870.
6. Love and Duty: or, The Happy Life.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1870.
7. Fiddy Scraggs: or, A Clumsy Foot May Step True.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1872.