Ada Barnett MBE (1864 – 11 April 1953) was a British novelist who published under her own name and the pseudonym G. Cardella.
Ada Barnett | |
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| Born | 1864  Tooting |
| Died | 11 April 1953 (aged 88–89) Sunbury-on-Thames |
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Ada Barnett was born on 1864 in Tooting, one of nine children of Edward Barnett, a gun manufacturer, and Jaquetta Wright Sanders. She spent her early life at the family home of Kenton Court in Sunbury-on-Thames. She never married though she always wore a wedding ring to commemorate her deceased fiancée.[1]
She published four novels in the 1890s. under the name of G. Cardella.[1] In the 1920s, she published three more novels under her own name.[2] The Joyous Adventurer is a fantasy novel about Copper Top, a being who explores humanity as a human and then returns to his higher plane of existence.[3]
She was an anti-vivisectionist campaigner.[1] She was named Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 for her work as commandant of the Kingswood Auxiliary Hospital and Rust Hall Auxiliary Hospital.[4]
Ada Barnett died on 11 April 1953 in Sunbury-on-Thames.[5]
Bibliography
edit- A King's Daughter. 3 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1892.[1]
- The Perfect Way of Honour. 3 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1894.[1]
- For the Life of Others: A Novel. 1 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1897.[1]
- The Adventures of Tod with and without Betty. 1 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1900.[1]
- The Man on the Other Side. London: Allen and Unwin, 1921.[6][2]
- The Joyous Adventurer. London: Allen and Unwin, 1923.[3]
- Mary's Son. London: Allen and Unwin, 1927.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Author: Ada Barnett". victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b c Who was who in literature, 1906-1934. Internet Archive. Detroit : Gale Research Company. 1979. ISBN 978-0-8103-0402-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1983). The guide to supernatural fiction. Internet Archive. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press.
- ^ The London Gazette. Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. 1919.
- ^ Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 17 April 1953, page 12
- ^ Schlobin, Roger C. (1984). Urania's daughters : a checklist of women science fiction writers, 1692-1982. Internet Archive. San Bernardino, Calif. : Borgo Press.