Biography of elizabeth goudge
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A Short Biography
On the 24th April 1900, at the start of a new century, Elizabeth Goudge was born, in the quiet “Edwardian erstwhile” of the small town of Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close bygd the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty.
Her father was the Reverend Henry Goudge, who taught in the cathedral school, and her mother was the former Miss Ida Collenette, who had met him while on holiday from her home in The Channel Isles.
Reverend Henry Goudge
Wells, in the early 20th century was a place set apart, surrounded bygd the low green hills of the county and only joined to the outside world by the slender steel link of the railway. The inhabitants still rode horses and drove carriages; even the railway hyrbil is described as a pumpkin on wheels. (Goudge 1949 p12) One age gently touching another.
An only child of a loving family union, a match made for love still quite unusual at that time, Henry Goudge’s career lead them to live in beautiful otherwo
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Elizabeth Goudge
Born
in Wells, The United KingdomApril 24, 1900
Died
April 01, 1984
Genre
Romance, Children's Books, Short Stories
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Elizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. Elizabeth was an only child. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford.
She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with herElizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and childre
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Elizabeth Goudge
Well-known author of children’s books, Elizabeth Goudge, lived in Peppard Common for 32 years.
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Lived in Peppard Common for 32 years
Born
24 April 1900
Died
1 April 1984
Biography
Elizabeth Goudge was born in Wells in Somerset, close to the cathedral. Her father was the Reverend Henry Goudge, a teacher at the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Colette who was born in the Channel Islands and met her future husband while on holiday.
She was an only child, and her father’s career meant they lived in beautiful places. Her education did not prepare her for the modern world as she was taught at home by a governess, Miss Lavington. These circumstances were ideal for an imaginative writer and she used instances and images from her childhood in her books such as City of Bells, Henrietta’s House, Linnets and Valerians, Sister of the Angels and The Lost Angel.
She attended boarding school in Hampshire for a while and then ar