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Cultural formation Algernon Charles Swinburne
ACS came from a noble family. His maternal grandparents were George, third earl of Ashburnham and his wife (who was born Lady Charlotte Percy ). His paternal grandfather, Sir John Edward Swinburne , owned an...
Cultural formation Catherine Fanshawe
CF 's family belonged to genteel and cultured London society. She was a member of the Church of England and a conservative in politics.
Cultural formation Iris Murdoch
IM was born Irish but grew up in England from babyhood, with holidays in Ireland. Her mother's family, with a history as Anglo-Irish adherents of the Church of Ireland , had come down in the...
Cultural formation Winifred Peck
Born into an EnglishEvangelicalAnglican and intellectual family, WP believed that work and Christianity offered guidance through difficult times. She was a socialist by conviction, who admired the toughness of the post-war generation and was...
Cultural formation Elizabeth Helme
She was apparently born into the English lower middle class. Her novels reflect an interest in Scotland, a solid British patriotism, and a dislike of Presbyterianism compared with the Anglican church.
Cultural formation Elizabeth Joscelin
EJ 's parents came from the English landowning and professional classes. They were Anglican s and their daughter evidently later leaned towards Puritanism .
Cultural formation Anne Manning
She was born into a well-established English family; Charlotte Yonge says her father belonged to the higher professional class:
Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897.
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an uncle, cousin, and brother all distinguished themselves in legal fields.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
It is not...
Cultural formation Charlotte Barnard
CB grew up as an Englishupper-class child, attending the local Anglican Church . Her family had many servants, including a coachman, a housekeeper, two housemaids, a nurse and a cook. They also owned several properties...
Cultural formation Ellen Wood
Ellen Price was a middle-class Englishwoman from a prominent business family, presumably white, and was brought up an Anglican ; her father had a particular interest in questions of church doctrine. Her early years were...
Cultural formation Emily Davies
The household was quite evangelical , owing to the influence of Emily's father, but she herself leaned in adulthood towards the Christian socialism of F. D. Maurice .
Caine, Barbara. Victorian Feminists. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
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She found in...
Cultural formation Rachel Speght
Daughter and wife of Calvinist clergymen, she was a fervent, Bible-based Anglican or Puritan .
Cultural formation Penelope Fitzgerald
PF was born into an exceptionally high-achieving family within the English professional class which was in the process of shifting from being centred on the Church of England to combining religion as professional interest with...
Cultural formation Anne Ogle
AO was born to English, presumably white, parents. She was one of a large gentry Northumberland family, and was brought up in the Church of England . She had eminent admirals among her forebears and...
Cultural formation Dorothy Osborne
She was an Anglican from the English gentry class.
Cultural formation Susanna Hopton
The result of her studies was that she rejoined the Church ofEngland in about 1660.

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