Frances Mabel Robinson

Frances Mabel Robinson
Born 1858
Royal Leamington Spa, England
Died 1954
Paris, France
Pen name WS Gregg
Occupation Novelist, literary critic
Notable works Mr Butler's Ward
The Plan of Campaign; a Story of the Fortune of War
A Woman of the World: An Everyday Story
Disenchantment: an every-day story
Hovenden, V.C., the Destiny of a Man of Action: A Novel
Chimâera. A Novel

Frances Mabel Robinson (1858-1954), who wrote some of her works by the pen name WS Gregg, was an English novelist and critic.

Life

Born and brought up at Milverton,[1] Royal Leamington Spa, England, she was the younger sister of the poet Agnes Mary Frances Robinson (later Duclaux).

After studying at the Slade School of Art, she moved to literature and wrote a series of novels in the 1880s-1890s, largely on Irish political themes. She was also a frequent contributor to the Athenaeum, and wrote a non-fiction book Irish History for English Readers.

In 1897 she moved to live near her widowed sister in Paris, where she stayed for the rest of her life except for a temporary move to Aurillac during World War Two.[1][2]

Works

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Obituary ("Miss Mabel Robinson." Times [London, England] 22 June 1954: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Apr. 2014)

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