Difference between revisions of "Bio:Mary Forrester"
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:But [https://books.google.de/books?id=qQoeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22mary+forrester%22+1905 A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language] edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:<br> '''HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary''' [1905- , English novelist]: <i>Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams</i> [f]). --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT) | :But [https://books.google.de/books?id=qQoeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22mary+forrester%22+1905 A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language] edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:<br> '''HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary''' [1905- , English novelist]: <i>Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams</i> [f]). --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT) | ||
| − | :Author's page Mary Forrester | + | :Author's page in The British Library: [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&vl(freeText0)=FORRESTER%2c+Mary+(Novelist)&tab=local_tab&mode=Basic&scp.scps=scope%3a(BLCONTENT)&vid=BLVU1&ct=suggestedSearch&vl(2084770705UI1)=all_items&vl(2084770704UI0)=creator Mary FORRESTER, (Novelist)] and Mary Forrester in OCLC/WorldCat: [https://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n97869245 lccn-n97869245]. |
::- The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/priceless-heritage/oclc/558973216 558973216])<br>- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/garden-of-peace/oclc/1063845027 1063845027])<br>- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gleam/oclc/774596088 774596088])<br>- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/seer/oclc/6619239 6619239])<br>- Wendersley, Hutchinson & Co. 1936, ASIN: B004NO3EJ8 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/wendersley-a-novel/oclc/558973291 558973291]) --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT) | ::- The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/priceless-heritage/oclc/558973216 558973216])<br>- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/garden-of-peace/oclc/1063845027 1063845027])<br>- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gleam/oclc/774596088 774596088])<br>- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/seer/oclc/6619239 6619239])<br>- Wendersley, Hutchinson & Co. 1936, ASIN: B004NO3EJ8 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/wendersley-a-novel/oclc/558973291 558973291]) --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT) | ||
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(Elsie) Mary Humphries who wrote under the pseudonym Mary Forrester 'An Introduction to Great Artists' (1965), is not the same Mary Forrester that wrote 'The Seer' (1935). Source: 'The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J', pp. 76-77.--Dirk P Broer 21:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
- In The Writers Directory 1980-82, Macmillan Press 1979, page 612 (ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3) there is:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary. Writes as Mary Forrester. British, b. 1905. Writer on art. Publrs. Asst., Methuen & Co., London, 1947-63. Primary sch. teacher, Barnet Education Cttee., London, 1967 until retirement. Publs: (as Mary Forrester) An Introduction to Great Artists, 1965; A World That Sings, 1972. Add: 29 Willoughby Rd., London NW3, England. --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
- But A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary [1905- , English novelist]: Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams [f]). --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
- Author's page in The British Library: Mary FORRESTER, (Novelist) and Mary Forrester in OCLC/WorldCat: lccn-n97869245.
- - The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973216)
- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat 1063845027)
- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat 774596088)
- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat 6619239)
- Wendersley, Hutchinson & Co. 1936, ASIN: B004NO3EJ8 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973291) --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
- - The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973216)
In the magazine 'The Australian WOMAN'S MIRROR' of August 5, 1930, page 26 there is a column "Let's Talk About Books" by Franziska. She recommended The Gleam by Mary Forrester (Hutchinson). --Zapp 16:09, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
According to Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. (A) Group 1, #9967 Mary Forrester 1935 lives in Annfield, Stirling, England. --Zapp 03:52, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
In 'Australians in Britain : The Twentieth-Century Experience', edited by Carl Bridge, Robert Crawford and David Dunstan, Monash University ePress 2009 (ISBN 978-0-9804648-6-3) there is Mary Forrester included in chapter AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS LIVING AND WRITING IN ENGLAND, 1900–1940. --Zapp 16:59, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
Source of Date of Birth 15 June 1905 is not found yet. --Zapp 16:59, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
Also an author's page: Mary Magdalen Forrester lccn-nb2005011527, publications of 1900 and 1905. --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)