Martha Walker Freer Explained

Martha Walker Freer
Birth Place:Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Occupation:Writer

Martha Walker Freer (1822–1888) was an English writer on French history. She was the daughter of John Booth Freer, M.D. and Martha, daughter of Sir William Walker of Leicestershire,[1] and was born in Leicester. In 1861 she married the Rev. John Robinson, rector of Widmerpool, near Nottingham and became Martha Walker Robinson, but she continued to write under her maiden name. She died on 28 June 1888.[2]

Works

Her first book, Life of Marguerite d'Angoulême, Queen of Navarre, Duchesse d'Alençon, and De Berry, Sister of Francis I, appeared in 1854, in two volumes. She continued publishing books dealing with French history until 1866. Her works rivalled those of Julia Pardoe on similar subjects, and were popular. Two of them, Marguerite d'Angoulême and Jeanne d'Albret (1855), reached second editions.[3]

Freer's other works were:[3]

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Attribution

Notes and References

  1. Book: John Burke. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 10 April 2013. 1847. H. Colburn. 1492.
  2. Freer [married name Robinson], Martha Walker (1822–1888), biographer]. Mitchell. Rosemary. 23 September 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/23856. subscription. 31 July 2019.
  3. Robinson, Martha Walker. 49.