Ethel Penrose Explained
| Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose |
| Birth Date: | 1857 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 1 June 1938 |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Genre: | Children's |
Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose (1857 – 1 June 1938) was an Irish children's writer.[1]
Life and career
Born Ethel Charlotte Coghill in Dublin in 1857 to Irish photographer[2] [3] Sir John Joscelyn Coghill, 4th Baronet,[4] and his wife the Hon. Katherine Frances, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Castletownshend, County Cork. She had two sisters and four brothers.[5] [6] She married a land agent, James Penrose on 30 December 1880 in Skibbereen.[7] They moved to Lismore, County Waterford to live for several years. Together they had at least four children.[8] [9] She died on 1 June 1938.[6]
Penrose began writing children's books and had several published. Clear as the noon day was illustrated by her cousin, Edith Somerville.[10]
Bibliography
- The Fairy Cobbler's Gold (London, Nelson & Sons, 1890 and 1902)
- Darby and Joan: being the adventures of two children (London, Blackie & Son, 1894)
- Clear as the noon day (London, Jarrold & Sons, 1893)
Further reading
Illustrations from Clear as the noon day
Notes and References
- Book: Keith O'Sullivan. Pádraic Whyte. Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research. 19 May 2017. Palgrave Macmillan US. 978-1-137-59757-1. 256–.
- Book: Roger Taylor. Larry John Schaaf. Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860. 2007. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 978-1-58839-225-1. 300–.
- Web site: Coghill Photographs. Getty.
- Book: John Debrett. The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. 1840. 123–.
- Book: Joseph Foster. The baronetage and knightage. 1881. Nichols and Sons. 131–.
- Web site: Coghill . The Peerage.
- Web site: Marriage record.
- Web site: The Waterford Archeological & Historical society Journal. Kirwan. 1995.
- Web site: Census 1901.
- Book: Clear as the noon day.
