| LC control no. | n 81076899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Eden, Emily, 1797-1869 |
| Variant(s) | Eden, Hon. Emily, 1797-1869 Author of The semi-detached house, 1797-1869 Semi-detached house, Author of, 1797-1869 E. E. (Emily Eden), 1797-1869 E., E. (Emily Eden), 1797-1869 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Calcutta (India) |
| Birth date | 1797-03-03 |
| Death date | 1869-08-05 |
| Place of birth | Westminster (London, England) |
| Place of death | Richmond (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Fiction |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists |
| Found in | Her Up the country ... 1866. Her Indian portfolio, 2012: t.p. (Emily Eden) p. 1 (b. Mar. 3, 1797, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London) p. 382 (d. Aug. 5, 1869) The semi-attached couple, 1860: t.p. (by the Author of 'The semi-detached house') p. iv (preface signed E.E.) Oxford DNB online, viewed 7 January 2016 (Eden, Emily (1797-1869), writer, was born on 3 March 1797 at Old Palace Yard, Westminster; her brother George was appointed governor-general of India in 1835. He was unmarried, and Eden and [her sister] Frances accompanied him to Calcutta in March 1836 and carried out the official duties of the governor's lady, with Emily, the elder, assuming chief responsibility; returned to England in 1842; published: Portraits of the People and Princes of India (1844); The Semi-Detached House, Eden's second novel, was published anonymously in 1859; The Semi-Attached Couple ([1860]); her best-known book, Up the Country (1866); died on 5 August 1869 at Fountain House, Richmond) |
| Associated language | eng |
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