Emily Owen (6 February 1822 — 17 June 1885) was an English composer, poet and author in the Victorian era.
Emily Owen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emily Montague 6 February 1822 |
| Died | 17 June 1885 (aged 63) UK |
| Known for | Writing |
| Spouse | Octavius Freire Owen |
She was married to Octavius Freire Owen, and published as Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen.
Personal life
editEmily Montague was born on 6 February 1822 in Gloucester, the fourth daughter of William Montague of Constitution House.[1]
On 21 September 1843, she married Octavius Freire Owen with whom she had five sons and five daughters, including:[1][2]
- Theodore Montague Nugent born 14 November 1844, became a vicar and married Sarah Elworthy in 1872. They had nine children.
- Mary Edith Montague born 24 July 1847, and married Henry Hugh. They had five daughters, one of whom died.
- Florence Emily Octavia born in Burstow on 11 July 1849.
- Eustace Clare Lennox born in Burstow on 1 July 1851, and became an architect.
- Rupert Kenneth Wilson born in Burstow on 3 April 1853, and worked as a clerk for H. M. Civil Service. He married Annie Julia of Gloucester 9 February 1882.
- Ethel Rose Marie Josephine born 5 April 1855.
- Angela Vera Zoe Gwendoline born 11 April 1857.
- Geraldine Anna Violet born 22 January 1862.
Writing
editOwen worked as a writer, poet, and composer.[1][2] She also edited Home Thoughts a low cost monthly magazine that focused on biographies, essays, poetry, sketches, and stories.[3]
Selected publications
edit- The Heroines of History, 1854 (plus multiple editions), Routledge
- The Heroines of Domestic Life, 1861 (plus multiple editions), Routledge[4][5]
- Snowed Up, 1863
- Spirit of the Holly, 1856, Routledge & Company
- Raised to Peerage: Imperial Revenge, 1859, Hurst and Blackett
An 1862 edition of The Heroines of Domestic Life is held in the permanent collection of The British Museum.[6]
Death
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Lloyd, J. Y. W. (1887). The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog. p. 470. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Home thoughts, a monthly magazine of literature, science, and domestic economy. (1855). United Kingdom
- ^ HASEGAWA, Masayo. "The Hero Out of the Home in Bleak House: Dickens’s Perceptions on Masculinity and Domestic Ideology." 英文学研究 支部統合号 11 (2018): 289-299.
- ^ Smith, J. (1999). “A noble type of good Heroic womanhood”: the popular rhetoric of Florence Nightingale’s enshrinement. Nineteenth-Century Prose, 26(1), 59.
- ^ "print; book; book-illustration | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2022.