Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford (1831 - 1892)
| Short name | Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/66510711/ |
| First name | Amelia Ann |
| Birth name | Edwards |
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| Alternative name | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards — Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards |
| Date of birth | 1831 |
| Date of death | 1892 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | London |
| Place of death | Weston-super-Mare |
| Lived in | England |
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| Father | |
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| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | Educated at home |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| UNKNOWN |
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| Memberships | Egypt Exploration Fund |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Lirriper's lodgings (1863) | 1 | 0 |
| Barbara's History (1864) | 1 | 0 |
| Dr. Jacob (1864) | 1 | 0 |
| Half a million of money (1865) | 5 | 0 |
| Mugby Junction (1866) | 2 | 0 |
| Monsieur Maurice (1873) | 1 | 0 |
| In the days of my youth (1873) | 2 | 0 |
| Untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys (1873) | 1 | 1 |
| A night on the borders of the black forest (1876) | 2 | 0 |
| A thousand miles up the Nile : in two volumes (1878) | 1 | 0 |
| Lord Brackenbury (1880) | 6 | 1 |
| Pearla (1883) | 1 | 0 |
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Pharaohs, fellahs and explorers
(1891)
contains a reception |
0 | 0 |
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Receptions of Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Unknown maker, portrait of Amelia B Edwards, 1891. | 1891 | is portrait of | |
| Hilda van Suylenburg | Jong van Beek en Donk, Cecile de | 1897 | - |
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: She was a highly succesful Egyptologist and even earned herself a doctorate from Columbia University. - Cambr. Nat Biogr. Cf. - Ivonne Defant, Women journalists as cultural mediators: Frances Power Cobbe and Jessie White Mario in Italy (follow link; about use of French language)
Amelia Edwards never married, but lived and travelled for much of her life with a female companion. She was probably a lesbian.
Translated into French by E.T. Guidi, Mme Z. Tardieu, Mlle Anna Petit, Mme Charles Poncet.
Illustrated her own A Thousand Miles up the Nile.
- Egyptologist