Isabella Fyvie Mayo
Isabella Fyvie Mayo was a poet, writer, social reformer, autobiographer, novelist and journalist (1843–1914). She was born at London and died at Bishop's Gate, 78 Don Street, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Also recorded as Edward Garrett; Isabella Mayo.
Isabella Fyvie Mayo in brief
- Born
- 1843
- Died
- 1914
- Known for
- poet, writer, social reformer, autobiographer, novelist and journalist
- Place of birth
- London
Contents
Identity and origins
She also worked under the name Edward Garrett. The authorities additionally record the headings Edward Garrett and Isabella Mayo. Her recorded language was English.
Catalogued works
40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.
By Still Waters: A Story for Quiet Hours. Crooked Places: A Family Chronicle. Mrs. Raven's Temptation: A Novel. Premiums Paid to Experience: Incidents in m... Rab Bethune's Double: or, Life's Long Battl... The Occupations of Retired Life. A Black Diamond: or, The Best and the Worst of It. The Capel Girls: A Novel. Chrystal Joyce: The Story of a Golden Life. A Daughter of the Klephts: or, A Girl of Modern Greece. Doing and Dreaming: A Tale for the Young. The Family Council: Conversations on the Events of Home. John Winter: A Story of Harvests. The Magic Flower-Pot, and Other Stories. A Nine Days' Wonder: or, The Mystery in the House. A Tale of the Turf. One New Year's Night and Other Stories. Other People's Stairs. Family Fortunes: A Domestic Story. The house by the works. Seen and heard. At any cost. Old stories and sayings of the continent of Africa. A great iniquity. The dead sin, and other stories. The Quiet Miss Godolphin. Premiums paid to Experience. By still waters. Equal to the occasion. White as snow. The Occupations of a Retired Life. At any cost, by Edward Garrett. Crooked places. Doing and dreaming, by Edward Garrett. Family fortunes. Gold and dross. The house by the works, by the author of 'Occupations of a retired life'. By Edward Garrett. The occupations of a retired lfe. The occupations of a retired life, by Edward Garrett. Old stories & sayings of Great Britain and Ireland. Recollections of what I saw, what I lived through, and what I learned, during more than fifty years of social and literary experience.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Mayo [née Fyvie], Isabella [pseud. Edward Garrett] (1843–1914), novelist and essayist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Isabella Fyvie Mayo, ‘A Bit of Tragedy’ (1895), British Socialist Fiction, 1884-1914, Volume 2, 2024. The reputation of Isabella Fyvie Mayo: interpretations of a life, Women's History Review, 2010. ‘A notable personality’: Isabella Fyvie Mayo in the public and private spheres of Aberdeen, Women's History Review, 2013. Mayo, Isabella, (Mrs J. R. Mayo), (10 Dec. 1843–13 May 1914), occasional writing name, Edward Garrett; novelist and journalist, Who Was Who, 2007.
Digitised editions and texts
7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Mrs. Raven's temptation, by the author of 'Dr. Hardy's marriage'. (1882) — Internet Archive. The occupations of a retired life, by Edward Garrett (1868) — Internet Archive. At any cost, by Edward Garrett (1885) — Internet Archive. The house by the works, by the author of 'Occupations of a retired life'. By Edward Garrett (1884) — Internet Archive. What Shall We Do? — Internet Archive. The Capel girls, by Edward Garrett (1881) — Internet Archive. Doing and dreaming, by Edward Garrett (1877) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1843Isabella Fyvie Mayo born at London.
- 1868The occupations of a retired life, by Edward Garrett digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1881The Capel girls, by Edward Garrett digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1882Mrs. Raven's temptation, by the author of 'Dr. Hardy's marriage'. digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1884The house by the works, by the author of 'Occupations of a retired life'. By Edward Garrett digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1885At any cost, by Edward Garrett digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1914Isabella Fyvie Mayo died at Bishop's Gate, 78 Don Street, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
‘A notable personality’: Isabella Fyvie Mayo in the public and private spheres of Aberdeen, Women's History Review, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Isabella Fyvie Mayo, ‘A Bit of Tragedy’ (1895), British Socialist Fiction, 1884-1914, Volume 2, 2024
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Mayo [née Fyvie], Isabella [pseud. Edward Garrett] (1843–1914), novelist and essayist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Mayo, Isabella, (Mrs J. R. Mayo), (10 Dec. 1843–13 May 1914), occasional writing name, Edward Garrett; novelist and journalist, Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Open Library author record for Isabella Fyvie Mayo (Internet Archive), 21 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
The reputation of Isabella Fyvie Mayo: interpretations of a life, Women's History Review, 2010
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Internet Archive, 11 digitised items catalogued under Isabella Fyvie Mayo as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q15485825: Isabella Fyvie Mayo
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 9.
“Isabella Fyvie Mayo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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