Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose | |
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Born | 1857 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 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]
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]
Illustrations from Clear as the noon day Archived 25 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose | |
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Born | 1857 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 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]
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]
Illustrations from Clear as the noon day Archived 25 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine