Mary Augusta Ward

Mary Augusta Ward was a British writer, novelist and literary editor (1851–1920). She was born at Hobart and died at London.

Also recorded as M. A. W.; Mrs. Humphrey Ward; Mary Augusta Arnold.

Mary Augusta Ward in brief

Born
1851
Died
1920
Known for
writer, novelist and literary editor
Place of birth
Hobart
Contents

Identity and origins

Mary Augusta Ward was recorded at birth as Mary Augusta Arnold. She also worked under the name Mrs. Humphry Ward. The authorities additionally record the headings M. A. W., Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Mary Augusta Arnold. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was Unitarianism.

She was the child of Tom Arnold and Julia Sorrell. She married Humphry Ward. 3 children are recorded: Dorothy Mary Ward, Arnold Ward and Janet Trevelyan.

Catalogued works

62 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1741 to 1995.

Mary Augusta (Mrs. Humphrey Ward) Ward Fonds, held by Rare Books and Special Collections, inventory MSG 130. Robert Elsmere. The Marriage of William Ashe. Lady Connie. The Case of Richard Meynell. Eleanor. Helbeck of Bannisdale. The History of David Grieve. Marcella. Lady Rose's Daughter. Sir George Tressady. Robert Elsmere : ELTec edition : ELTeC edition. The Story of Bessie Costrell : ELTeC edition. Daphne, or Marriage a la Mode : ELTeC edition. Daphne, or Marriage a la Mode. The Story of Bessie Costrell. Daphne, or Marriage a la Mode (first edition). Robert Elsmere (first edition). The Story of Bessie Costrell (first edition). Daphne, or Marriage a la Mode : VWWP edition (digital edition). The Project Gutenberg eBook of Robert Elsmere, by Mrs. Humphry Ward. (digital edition). The Story of Bessie Costrell : VWWP edition (digital edition). A Writer's Recollections, dated 1918. Miss Bretherton. Milly and Olly: or, A Holiday Among the Mountains. England's effort. The Mating of Lydia . By : Mrs. Humphry Ward. illustrated By : Charles E. Brock. Villette NOVEL By : Charlotte Bronte, introduction By : Mrs. Humphry Ward. Lady Merton, colonist. Marcella Vol. I. The Writings Of Mrs. Humphry Ward. The Mating of Lydia. Helbeck of Bannisdale, Volume I. Mrs Humphry Ward - The Marriage of William Ashe. Elizabeth's Campaign. Helbeck of Bannisdale V1. The tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte and Mrs. Humphry Ward. Unitarians and the Future. Lady Rose's daughter. --. A Great Success. The Writings Of Mrs. Humphry Ward, Volume 16. A Writer's Recollections, [1856-1900]. The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward, Vol. XVI. The War on All Fronts, Volume II. Delia Blanchflower. Milly and Olly. Daphne Or 'Marriage a La Mode. A Writer's Recollections, Volume 2. Helbeck of Bannisdale . By : Mrs. Humphry Ward . Original Classics. Fields of Victory. Mary, Queen of Scots, Under Confinement, dated January 1, 1793, mezzotint, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 24.63.311. Brooklyn Bridge, dated 1899, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.720. The Freedman, dated Modeled 1862–63, bronze, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1998.1. Inside of a Country Alehouse, dated published March 1, 1797, hand-colored mezzotint on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1926.450. Mary Augusta Ward, Mrs Humphry Ward. Photograph by Barraud., held by Wellcome Collection. Amiel's Journal : the Journal intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel / translated with an introduction and notes by Mrs. Humphrey Ward., dated 1921, held by Wellcome Collection. Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London: The Victoria Mary Ward (the left section of a circular ward). Photograph, 1912., dated [August 1912], held by Wellcome Collection. Great Northern Central Hospital, Holloway Road, London: The Victoria Mary Ward (the right section of a circular ward). Photograph, 1912., dated [August 1912], held by Wellcome Collection. The conflicts and conquest of the born of God or, faith's victory and triumph over the world. Illustrated in a sermon on I John v.4. Occasion'd by the death of Mrs. Mary Newsham. Preach'd, August the 30th, 1741. By George Braithwaite, M.A., dated 1741, held by Wellcome Collection. Christianity the true foundation of civil liberty. A sermon preached at St. Mary's church in Leicester, at the assizes held there, August 12, 1778, ... By John Cole Gallaway, .., dated 1779, held by Wellcome Collection. Controversies in the history of British feminism / edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts and Tamae Mizuta and introduced by Marie Mulvey Roberts., dated [1995], held by Wellcome Collection. Woodman, Norah Blanche, dated 1906-1938, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 17 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ward, Mary Augusta (1851–1920), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Ward, Mrs Humphry, (Mary Augusta), (11 June 1851–24 March 1920), Who Was Who, 2007. Mary Augusta Ward: an Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Writings, 1888-1985. Ward, Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Ward), The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature, 2015. Ward [née Arnold], Mary Augusta [known as Mrs Humphry Ward] (1851–1920), novelist, philanthropist, and political lobbyist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. “The hand that rocks the cradle”: Mrs. Humphry Ward’s (Anti-)Feminist Politics, Caliban: French Journal of English Studies, 2019.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 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 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1851Mary Augusta Ward born at Hobart.
  2. 1920Mary Augusta Ward died at London.

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. 1.

    “Mary Augusta Ward”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q952452: Mary Augusta Ward

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