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Bethia
Bethia is a female given name. People with that name include: * Bethia Clarke (1867–1959), British artist * Bethia Foott (1907–1995), Australian non-fiction writer * Lucy Bethia Walford (1845–1915), Scottish novelist and artist See also * Beth (other) Beth may refer to: Letter and number *Bet (letter), or beth, the second letter of the Semitic abjads (writing systems) *Hebrew word for "house", often used in the name of synagogues and schools (e.g. Beth Israel) *Beth number, a sequence of infi ... * Bettiah, a city in the state of Bihar, India * {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethia Foott
Bethia Foott (1907–1995) was an Australian non-fiction writer. She is best known for ''Dismissal of a Premier'', a record of the 1932 dismissal of Jack Lang by the New South Wales Governor, Sir Philip Game. Life Grace Gwendoline Bethia Anderson was born in 1907 in India to poet Ethel (née Mason) and (later Brigadier-General) Austin Thomas Anderson. In 1914, on the outbreak of World War I, she and her mother moved to England, while her father served in France. The family moved to Australia in 1924 and settled at Turramurra. Her father became private secretary to three governors of New South Wales, Sir Dudley de Chair and Sir Philip Game and to Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven. This connection enabled her to access Game's papers and write ''Dismissal of a Premier'' in 1968. In addition to her writing, Foott was also an artist, exhibiting at the Blaxland Galleries. Her work was included in the 1934 exhibition of more than 120 Australian women artists in Sydney. A portrait of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Bethia Walford
Lucy Bethia (Colquhoun) Walford (17 April 1845 – 11 May 1915) was a List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and artist, who wrote 45 books, the majority of them "light-hearted domestic comedies". Accurate writing was a big consideration for her. Life Walford was born Lucy Bethia Colquhoun on 17 April 1845 at Portobello, Edinburgh, Portobello, a seaside resort then outside Edinburgh, the seventh child of Frances Sarah Fuller Maitland (1813–1877), a poet and hymn writer and John Colquhoun (sportsman), John Colquhoun (1805–1885) of Luss, Dunbartonshire, author of ''The Moor and the Loch''. Her paternal grandmother, Janet Colquhoun (1781–1846), was a religious writer, and her aunt, Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864) was a prolific novelist and children's writer.ODNB entry. Walford was educated privately by German governesses. Her reading included works by Charlotte Mary Yonge and Susan Ferrier, and in later years Jane Austen. The family moved to Edinburgh in 1855, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
