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Crawford, Isabella Valancy, 1850-1887

LC control no.n 80109734
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LC classificationPR9199.2.C7
Personal name headingCrawford, Isabella Valancy, 1850-1887
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Associated countryCanada
Birth date[1846-12-25,1850-12-25]
Death date1887-02-12
Place of birthDublin (Ireland)
Place of deathToronto (Ont.)
Profession or occupationAuthors Poets
Found inHale, K. Isabella Valancy Crawford, 1923
Canadian encyclopedia, online, viewed 28 June 2024: Isabella Valancy Crawford (author and poet; born at Dublin, Ireland, 25 December 1850; immigrated with family to Canada in approximately 1857 and lived in a succession of Ontario settlements before moving to Peterborough in 1869; following her father's death in 1875, her poems and stories were her family's chief source of income and she moved with family to Toronto to further her career; contributed numerous serialized novels and novellas to New York and Toronto publications and wrote much popular verse, with one book of poetry published during her lifetime; died at Toronto, 12 February 1887)
Wikipedia, viewed 28 June 2024: Isabella Valancy Crawford (born 25 December 1846, Dublin, Ireland; one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer; died 12 February 1887, Toronto, Ontario)