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Dorothea Townshend

Dorothea Townshend (1852 – November 30, 1930) was a British novelist, biographer, children's author, and poet. She was born Letitia Jane Dorothea Baker in 1852 in Hilderstone, Staffordshire. She was the daughter of the Reverend Ralph Bourne Baker of Hasfield Court and Frances Crofton Singer, daughter of Joseph Henderson Singer, Bishop of Meath.

Dorothea Townshend

Born
1852 · Hilderstone.
Died
1930
Occupation
novelist · biographer · poet

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