Author: Elvina Corbould
Author: Elvina Corbould (1849–1936)
Alternate Name(s): Robinson (married name)
Biography: Elvina Mary Corbould was born on 27 April 1849 in Islington, the daughter of surgeon Henry Heath Corbould and his wife Ann Ker. After attending boarding school she worked as a governess. She wrote several educational works on knitting as well as one novel Sweet Little Rogues (1876). Late in life, she married the physician Mark Anthony Robinson. Corbould died on 6 October 1936 in Bath.
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References: British Census (1851, 1861, 1871, 1911); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Sweet Little Rogues: A Child's Story. 1 vol. London: Hatchards, 1876.