Laurence hope biography
Born in Gloucestershire, the British poet Adela Florence Cory, pen name Laurence Hope, was raised by extended family in England after her father, a colonel..
Violet Nicolson
English poet
Violet Nicolson | |
|---|---|
Adela Florence Nicolson | |
| Born | Adela Florence Cory (1865-04-09)9 April 1865 Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 4 October 1904(1904-10-04) (aged 39) Madras, Madras Province, British India |
| Resting place | St.Laurence Hope (9 March – 3 February ) was an Australian artist from Sydney who is best known for his Lover, Dreamers and Isolates paintings.Mary’s Cemetery, Chennai, India |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse | Malcolm Hassels Nicolson |
| Parent(s) | Arthur Cory (father), Fanny Elizabeth Griffin (mother) |
Violet Nicolson (9 April 1865 – 4 October 1904), otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope.
In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author.[1][2]
Biography
She was born on 9 April 1865 at Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire, the second of three daughters to Colonel Arthur Cory and Fanny Elizabeth Griffin.
Her father was employed in the British army at Lahore, and thus she was brought up by her relatives back in England. She left