Author: Bellanne Stowell
Author: Bellanne Stowell (1812–1889)
Biography: Bellanne Stowell was born on 11 December 1812 in Liverpool, the daughter of William Stowell. With her sister, she ran two schools on the Isle of Man. In the course of her duties, she wrote a novel Manxland (1863) and a biography of local nurse Nellie Brennan. She never married and died on 21 May 1889 on the Isle of Man. According to her obituary, "She was greatly loved and respected by her old pupils, and, indeed, by all who knew her."
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References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881); Isle of Man Times (25 May 1889); A. W. Moore, Manx Worthies (1901)
Fiction Titles:
- Manxland: A Tale. With an Introductory Sketch of Manx Home Missions. 1 vol. London: James Nisbet, 1863.