Elfrida Vipont

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Elfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds (née Brown) (July 3, 1902-March, 1992)[1] [2], a British children's author. Her best-known books are The Lark in the Morn (1948) and The Lark on the Wing (1950), the latter of which won the Carnegie Medal that year.

The elephant and the bad baby (1969), with illustrations by Raymond Briggs has become globally popular.

Her Quaker parents were Edward Vipont Brown (1863-1955)[3] and Dorothy Brown (née Crowley) (1874-1968) [4].She was educated at Manchester High School for Girls and The Mount School, York. She tried a career as a singer [5]. In 1926, she married a research technologist, R. P. Foulds. She became a teacher and was Head of the Quaker School operated during the Second World War at Yealand Conyers.

She was Clerk of Meeting for Sufferings of London Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) from 1969 to 1974[6] [7].

[edit] Publications

  • A child of the Chapel Royal, illustrated by John Lawrence. University Press, 1967.
  • Ackworth School, from its foundation in 1779 to the introduction of co-education in 1946. Lutterworth Press, 1959.
  • Arnold Rowntree. A life. Bannisdale Press, 1955 [8].
  • Bed in hell. Hamilton, 1974.
  • The birthplace of Quakerism : a handbook for the 1652 country, 5th revised ed. Quaker Home Service, 1997.
  • Bless this day: a book of prayer for children. 1958.
  • The bridge, 1962.
  • The candle of the Lord, 1983.
  • The china dog, illustrated by Constance Marshall. H. Hamilton, 1967.
  • Colin writes to Friends House, Friends’ Book Centre, 1934.
  • The elephant and the bad baby, illustrations by Raymond Briggs. Hamilton, 1969.
  • A faith to live by, 1962.
  • The Family of Dowbiggins, illustrated by T. R. Freeman. Lutterworth Press, 1955.
  • George Fox and the Valiant Sixty, 1975.
  • Good adventure: the quest for music in Britain. 1931.
  • The high way, 1957.
  • The Lark in the Morn illustrated by T. R. Freeman. Oxford University Press, 1948.
  • The Lark on the Wing, Oxford University Press, 1950.
  • Larry Lopkins illustrated by Pat Marriott. Hamish Hamilton, 1965.
  • Let your lives speak: a key to Quaker experience. Wallingford, Pennsylvania : Pendle Hill, 1953.
  • A Lily among Thorns. Some passages in the life of Margaret Fell of Swarthmoor Hall. FHSC, 1950.
  • Living in the Kingdom, 1955.
  • Michael and the dogs, 1969.
  • The pavilion, 1969.
  • Quakerism - a faith to live by. Bannisdale Press, 1966.
  • Rescue for Mittens, illustrated by Jane Paton. Hamish Hamilton, 1965.
  • Search for a Song, illustrated by Peter Edwards. Oxford University Press, 1962.
  • The Secret of Orra. [With illustrations.] Basil Blackwell, 1957.
  • The secret passage, illustrated by Ian Ribbons. H. Hamilton, 1967.
  • So numerous a family : 200 years of Quaker education at Ackworth, 1779-1979, with Edward H Milligan, 1979.
  • Some Christian Festivals - to which is appended a brief glossary of Christian terminology, Michael Joseph, London, 1963
  • Sparks among the stubble, illustrated by Patricia M. Lambe. Friends Home Service Committee, 1971. Originally published, London: Oxford University Press, 1950.
  • The Spring of the Year, illustrated by T. R. Freeman. Oxford University Press, 1957.
  • Stevie, illustrated by Raymond Briggs. Hamish Hamilton, 1965.
  • The Story of Christianity in Britain, illustrated by Gaynor Chapman. Michael Joseph, 1960.
  • The Story of Quakerism, etc. (2nd edition.) Bannisdale Press: London, 1960 (First published 1954).
  • Terror by night: a book of strange stories. 1966.
  • Towards a high attic: the early life of George Eliot, Hamilton, 1970.
  • Weaver of dreams : the girlhood of Charlotte Brontë. Hamilton, 1966.
  • What about Religion?, illustrations by Peter Roberson. Museum Press, 1961.
  • Why Young Friends?, 1987.
  • A win for Henry Conyers, illustrated by T.R. Freeman. Hamilton, 1968. Originally published as More about Dowbiggins, 1958.
For a booklist organised by category, see Fantastic fiction (accessed 7 December 2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The wee web: Authors and illustrators archive: article on Vipont. (accessed 7 December 2007).
  2. ^ Elfrida Vipont for Book Collectors (accessed 7 December 2007)
  3. ^ Elfrida Vipont's father: "Extract from the reminiscences of Edward Vipont Brown (1863-1955)" was published in The Friend, 10 August 2007.
  4. ^ Elfrida's recollections of a Manchester childhood in old age "Rather odd people" in A Quaker miscellany for Edward H. Milligan, edited by David Blamires, Jeremy Greenwood and Alex Kerr, published by David Blamires (1985) ISBN 0-95101521-4. pp.67-73.
  5. ^ Review: "Recitals of the Week", The Times Friday, Oct 30, 1925; pg. 10; col C (not entirely favourable).
  6. ^ A Quaker miscellany p.176.
  7. ^ Elfrida was Clerk of "Sufferings", and in this role, wrote to The Times concerning chemical weapons, published 6 Apr 1971, pg. 17, col A
  8. ^ Arnold Stephenson Rowntree, elected Liberal MP for York 1910.


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NAME Vipont, Elfrida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elfrida Vipont Foulds, Elfrida Brown
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DATE OF BIRTH 1902
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DATE OF DEATH 1992
PLACE OF DEATH
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