Author: Edith A. Barnett
Author: Edith A. Barnett (1853–1934)
Biography: Edith Ann Barnett was born in 1853 in Sunbury-on-Thames, the daughter of landowner Thomas Barnett and his wife Sarah. By the 1880s, she was a lecturer and teacher of hygiene and health. In addition to works on health and domestic economy, she wrote a few works of fiction including Dr. and Mrs. Gold (1891) and Sunningham and the Curate (1899). She never married. She died on 16 August 1934 in Worthing a few days after being struck by a car. According to her obituary, she was a worker in the Conservative cause.
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References: British Census (1861, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911); Probate; Worthing Gazette (15 August 1934, 22 August 1934)
Fiction Titles:
- Dr. and Mrs. Gold: An Episode in the Life of a Cause. 1 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1891.
- Sunningham and the Curate. 1 vol. London: Chapman and Hall, 1899.