Her father, George Davies
, was an officer in the Royal Navy
who became a Vice-Admiral. He died in November 1876.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3490 (1894): 355
Rigg, Patricia. Julia Augusta Webster: Victorian Aestheticism and the Woman Writer. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2009.
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Residence
Augusta Webster
Augusta Davies (later AW
) moved to Cambridge (to Pendeen House, 65 Hills Road) with her family when her father
was appointed chief constable of the region.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
3490 (1894): 355
Rigg, Patricia. Julia Augusta Webster: Victorian Aestheticism and the Woman Writer. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2009.
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Textual Features
Augusta Webster
She describes a version of an actual event . Her father, George Davies
, was in the Coast Guard
while the family was at Penzance, and received a gold medal from the Royal National Institution
