Author: Phebe Dawborne Doggett
Author: Phebe Dawborne Doggett (1815–1882)
Biography: Phebe Dawborne Doggett was born on 3 March 1815 in London, the daughter of hop farmer Frederick Doggett and his wife Ann Dawborne. Her younger sister was author Caroline Bouts Doggett. Doggett never married and lived the majority of her life with her parents and sister. In mid-life, she began a career writing juvenile fiction, often times assisting her sister Caroline. She died on 26 July 1882 in Dorking, her long-time residence.
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References: British Census (1851, 1861, 1871); S. B. Doggett, A History of the Doggett-Daggett Family (1894)
Fiction Titles:
- Brookleigh Manor and its Penny Readings. 1 vol. London: Simpkin, 1875.