Julia Kavanagh

Amanda Collins (Independent Scholar - Australia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Grace Moore (University of Otago)

Dates

Born 7 Jan 1824
Died 28 Oct 1877
Activity 1845-1877

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in England; France

Activities

Primary

Biographer
Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

A popular and respected nineteenth-century novelist, storywriter and biographer in her day, Julia Kavanagh produced fifteen novels, two books for children, four bio-historical works, a travel narrative and a number of short stories and poems over a forty-year career.

Julia Kavanagh was born on 7 January 1824 and two days later was baptised a Roman Catholic at Thurles in county Tipperary, Ireland. She was the only child of Morgan [Peter] Kavanagh (1800-1874) and Bridget Fitzpatrick (d. 1887). Morgan Kavanagh was the author of several poorly-received poetic and philological works, including The Wanderings of Lucan and Dinah: A Romance (1824); The Reign of Lockrin (1838) and Discovery of the Science of …

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Citation: Collins, Amanda. "Julia Kavanagh". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 October 2005 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2446, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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