Emily Tennyson Bradley (29 October 1862 – 25 July 1946) was an English writer.
Life
Bradley was born in
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Marlborough ( , ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English Counties of England, county of Wiltshire on the A4 road (England), Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath, Somerset, Bath. Th ...
, the daughter of
George Granville Bradley
George Granville Bradley (11 December 1821 – 13 March 1903) was an English divine, scholar, and schoolteacher, who was Dean of Westminster (1881–1902).
Life
George Bradley's father, Charles Bradley, was vicar of Glasbury, Brecon, mid Wales ...
, the
Dean of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbur ...
, and Marian Philpot Bradley.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...
was her godfather.
In 1893, she married
Alexander Murray Smith.
In addition to a biography and history, she wrote articles for the ''
Dictionary of National Biography
The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...
''.
A memorial stone in Westminster Abbey recognizes Smith as "historian of the Abbey".
She and her sister compiled the ''Westminster Abbey Official Guide''.
Works
*''Life of the Lady Arabella Stuart'' in 2 vols. (1889)
*''Annals of Westminster Abbey'' (1898)
*''The Roll-call of Westminster Abbey'' (1902)
* Contributions to the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1885–1900
References
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1862 births
1946 deaths
English writers
19th-century English historians