Elizabeth Longford (1906–2002)
Autore di Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed
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Elizabeth Longford was a renowned biographer and wrote books on Queen Victoria, Wellington, Byron, Wilfred Scawen Blunt and the Queen Mother. Elizabeth Longford's first work on Queen Victoria, Victoria RI, Won the James Tait Black memorial prize. Her Biography of Wellington, and her memoirs (The mostra altro Pebbled Shore) are also published by The History Press. mostra meno
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- Nome canonico
- Longford, Elizabeth
- Nome legale
- Pakenham, Elizabeth, Countess of Longford
- Altri nomi
- Harman, Elizabeth(birth name)
Countess of Longford - Data di nascita
- 1906-08-30
- Data di morte
- 2002-10-23
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Hurst Green, East Sussex, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Tullynally Castle, County Westmeath, Ireland
- Istruzione
- Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (BA|1929))
Francis Holland School
Headington School - Attività lavorative
- lecturer
biographer
historian - Relazioni
- Fraser, Antonia (daughter)
Pakenham, Frank, 7th Earl of Longford (husband)
Billington, Rachel (daughter)
Pakenham, Thomas Francis Dermot, 8th Earl of Longford (son)
Kazantzis, Judith (daughter)
Fraser, Flora (granddaughter) (mostra tutto 11)
Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha (granddaughter)
Fraser, Rebecca (granddaughter)
Pakenham, Eliza (granddaughter)
Clive, Mary (sister-in-law)
Lamb, Lady Pansy (sister-in-law) - Organizzazioni
- Labour Party
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Commander, Order of the British Empire (1974)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1964)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1965) - Breve biografia
- Of the young Elizabeth Harman, The New York Times wrote, "As a child and a schoolgirl, [she] appears to have had a somewhat limited and certainly strict upbringing, and it was not until she got to Oxford University as a student in 1926 that she fully blossomed. Able, articulate and beautiful, she immediately became the Zuleika Dobson of her day, with undergraduates and even dons tumbling over one another to fall in love with her." In 1931, she married Frank Pakenham, later 7th Earl of Longford. The couple converted to the Roman Catholic faith and had 8 children. Elizabeth Longford (her pen name) was one of the first women to stand for Parliament and ran as a Labour candidate in 1935 and 1950, but was unsuccessful. She became a best-selling biographer and historian, specializing in the 19th century and Victorian age, as well as a writer for the Daily Express and The Sunday Times. She continued to write about royals and politicians well into her 90s. Five of her children became writers: journalist Catherine Longford, novelist Rachel Billington, biographer Antonia Fraser, poet Judith Kazantzis, and historian Thomas Pakenham. Some of her granddaughters have also became writers.
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