Ward, Mary (1851 - 1920)
| Short name | Ward, Mary |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/215153289902132770003/ |
| First name | Mary Augusta |
| Birth name | Arnold |
| Married name | Ward |
| Alternative name | Mary Arnold , Mrs Humphry Ward |
| Date of birth | 1851 |
| Date of death | 1920 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Hobart |
| Place of death | London |
| Lived in | England |
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| Education | School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| Ward, Humphry | 1872-1920 | Married |
Ward, Mary was ...
| friend | Lucy Bethia Walford |
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| Memberships | Women's National Anti-Suffrage League |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
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Receptions of Ward, Mary, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| Julian Russel Story, Portrait of Mary Augusta Ward, 1889. | 1889 | is portrait of | |
| in *art.: Boekbeoordelingen | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1891 | None |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | Hamel, Anton Gerardus van | 1895 | None |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward [by G. Bonnet-Maury] | ~~journalist (name below) | 1895 | comments on person |
| *Lemma in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen | UNKNOWN [author, various, name and sex unknown] | 1896 | comments on person |
| Vier Engelse Romanciers | Uildriks, Frederike van | 1896 | comments on person |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1898 | None |
| * Mention of Mrs Humphry Ward in "Critical Studies" | La Ramée, Maria Louise de | 1900 | None |
| De beide Mrs Ward's Two Mrs Wards | Belpaire, Maria Elisabeth Hyacinthe | 1912 | comments on person |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward. En litterær studie [by L. Aas] | ~~journalist (name below) | 1924 | comments on person |
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Very much appreciated by the end of the 19th century in The Netherlands for her books on religious issues. geloofsproblematiek. Often compared to George Eliot. (Jacqueline Bel, 1993, p. 146)
Campaigner against women's voting. Founding president of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League.
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Seems to have sent in a nomination to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to George Meredith (1828-1909) in 1902. Nominations could only be made by a qualified, invited group of people (e.g. members of academies, university professors, presidents of representative author societies).
Ward was selected for being a "Member of the Council of the Incorporated Society of Authors" [see link]
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KLK 1904
KLK 1915