Lilian Elliott (1874-1963) was a writer and anthropologist. She was born in Notting Hill.[1]
Lilian Elliott | |
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| Born | 27 November 1874  Notting Hill |
| Died | 7 February 1963 (aged 88) Falmouth |
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| Spouse(s) | Ernest Charles Summers, Thomas Athol Joyce |
Writing and war work
editElliot was travelling and writing, including for the Pan American Magazine, in 1912 and 1913.[1]
During the war years she volunteered for work, gaining awards from the Red Cross and the order of St John.[1]
In 1919 she became the South American correspondent of The Times. She based herself initially in Chile.[1]
She wrote only one fictional work, Black Gold,[2] which was a romance set in Brazil and in 1921 she published Brazil:Today and Tomorrow.[3] In 1922 she published her similarly titled book Chile Today and Tomorrow.[4]
Private life and marriages
editElliot's first, and possibly only official, marriage was to Ernest Charles Saunders in 1908 who was, at the time, the new vicar at St Michael's Church, Basingstoke.
By 1909 she was in America using her married name and describing herself as married, but she soon decided she was widowed and she then reverted to the surname of Elliott by 1913.[1]
She became the second wife of the anthropologist Thomas Athol Joyce who had been divorced from his first wife in 1925. This second marriage has no record and there is no record of a divorce from her first husband. She was carefree about official documents where her age and marital status varied.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Howgego, Raymond John (2010-05-27). "Joyce, Thomas Athol (1878–1942), anthropologist and archaeologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74201. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Joyce, Mrs Lilian Elwyn Elliott (1920). Black Gold. Macmillan.
- ^ Joyce, Lilian Elwyn Elliott (1921). Brazil Today and Tomorrow. Macmillan.
- ^ Joyce, Lilian Elwyn Elliott (1922). Chile Today and Tomorrow. Macmillan.
External links
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