Patchett, Mary E. 1897-
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Name (Hebrew)
פצ'ט, מרי אלוין
Name (Latin)
Patchett, Mary E. 1897-
Other forms of name
Patchett, Mary Elwyn, 1897-
Patchett, M. E. (Mary Elwyn), 1897-
פאצ'ט, מרי אלווין, 1897-1989
פאצ'ט, מרי אלוין
Date of birth
1897-12-02
Date of death
1989
Place of birth
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Place of death
Reading (England)
Associated country
Australia
Great Britain
Field of activity
Children's stories
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Fuller form of name
Mary Osborne Elwyn
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Jane Badger Books website, 17 Sept. 2014:authors (Mary Elwyn Patchett (1897-1989) Australian author who lived most of her life in Britain; she wrote under the names Mary Elwyn Patchett, M.E. Patchett, and Mary Patchett; "The bibliography of Australian literature" mentions that she is supposed to have written under the name David Bruce, but no works have been found under that name; she grew up on a cattle station in Texas, Queensland; after working as a journalist in Australia, from 1931 she lived and worked in England)
- נמר באפלה, תש"ס 2000:
- LCCN 67-14751: Patchett, M.E. Summer on Wild Horse Island, 1967, c1965(hdg.: Patchett, Mary Elwyn, 1897-)
- LC data base, 8-14-85(hdg.: Patchett, Mary Elwyn, 1897- ; usage: Mary E. Patchett)
- BL online catalogue, 17 Sept. 2014(old hdg.: Patchett, Mary Osborne Elwyn)
- Pony Mad Book Lovers website, 17 Sept. 2014:book and author info. (Mary Elwyn Patchett; born in Sydney on December 2nd 1897; she also lived for a time in the Caribbean; in 1946 she moved to England and lived in London; she also wrote under the name David Bruce; her many children's books reflect her interests, in particular history, space travel, and animals)
- AustLit website, 17 Sept. 2014(Mary Elwyn Patchetti (aka: M.E. Patchett, Mary Osborne Elwyn Patchett, Mary Patchett); born 2 December 1897 in Sydney, New South Wales; died 1989 in England; expatriate, departed from Australia in 1931; Debra Adelaide in "Bibliography of Australian women's literature 1795-1990" (1991) gives David Bruce as another writing name for Patchett; extensive searches have not located any titles by a David Bruce that could be attributed to her)
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction website, 17 Sept. 2014:M.E. Patchett (Mary Osborne Elwyn Patchett; born Sydney, New South Wales, 2 December 1897; died Reading, Berkshire, 1989; Australian writer, long resident in the UK, whose dated but competent children's SF novels include "Kidnappers of space", etc.)
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Mary Elwyn Patchett
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Wikipedia description:
Mary Elwyn Patchett (2 December 1897 – 24 July 1989) was an Australian writer of children's literature, beautician and dietitian. She was considered to be a pioneer of children's science fiction and the most widely-read Australian children's author of the time. Patchett spent most of her life in England where both her beauty salon and authorial careers began.
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