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Mary Augusta Ward née Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.[1]
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- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Death
- 4 Foundations, organisations and settlements
- 5 Associated activists in social change
- 6 Works
- 7 Notes
- 8 References
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
Early life[edit]
Huxley and Arnold family tree.
Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, into a prominent intellectual family of writers and educationalists.[2][3][4] Mary was the daughter of Tom Arnold, a professor of literature, and Julia Sorrell. Her uncle was the poetMatthew Arnold and her grandfather Thomas Arnold,[5] the famous headmaster of Rugby School.[6] Her sister Julia marriedLeonard Huxley, the son of Thomas Huxley, and their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley.[7] The Arnolds and the Huxleys were an important influence on British intellectual life.
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