Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1 August 1882 – 6 June 1959) was an English writer and translator.
Buckley was born in
Calcutta, the daughter of Robert Burton Buckley, a civil engineer, and Ada Marian Sarah Finnimore. She was educated at
Girton College, Cambridge. In March 1899, at age 16, Buckley won a gold medal in the Société Nationale des Professeurs de Français en Angleterre's annual French language and literature competition. She married the writer
Anthony Ludovici on 20 March 1920, and they first lived at 35 Central Hill, Upper Norwood in South London.
In ''Children of the Dawn, Old Tales of Greece'' (1909), it is noted that the writer possesses a terse simplicity of style, and that the book is an "almost inexhaustible treasure-house of the ancient Greek tales".
However, because the book was considered to be on a serious topic, a reviewer at the time said: "The plain truth is that this is not woman's work, and a woman has neither the knowledge nor the literary tact necessary for it."
Essays from her book of Greek tales for children, ''Children of the Dawn'', have appeared in other collections aimed at the younger audience.
The tales are still included in bibliographies of books on ancient cultures for young readers.
Works
* ''Children of the dawn: old tales of Greece'', 1909
Read online* (tr.) ''The century of the renaissance'' by Louis Batiffol. 1916.According to WorldCat, the book is held in 687 libraries
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* (tr.) ''The earliest times'' by Frantz Funck-Brentano
Frantz Funck-Brentano (15 June 1862 – 13 June 1947) was a French historian and librarian. He was born in the castle of Munsbach (Luxembourg) and died at Montfermeil. He was a son of Théophile Funck-Brentano.
Biography
After graduating a ...
. 1927
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* (tr.) ''The third republic'' by Raymond Recouly. 1928
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* (tr.) ''The restoration and the July monarchy'' by Jean Lucas-Dubreton
Jean-Marie Lucas de Peslouan, better known by his pseudonym Jean Lucas-Dubreton (23 September 1883 – 9 September 1972) was a French historian and biographer.
He was born in Grenoble. He died in Triel-sur-Seine.
Works
* ''Samuel Pepys: a portrai ...
. 1929
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* (tr.) ''The second republic and Napoleon III'' by René Arnaud. 1930.
* (tr.) ''Charlotte Corday'' by Michel Corday. 1931.
* (tr.) ''The consulate and the empire, 1789-1809'' by Louis Madelin
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* (tr.) ''Luther'' by Frantz Funck-Brentano. 1936.
* (tr.) ''The consulate and the empire'' by Louis Madelin. 1937.
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1882 births
1959 deaths
French–English translators
English children's writers
Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
20th-century English translators
Writers from Kolkata
British people in colonial India
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