Gwen Mary Raverat biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Gwen Mary Raverat

Author Name:

Gwen Mary Raverat

Born As:

Gwendolen Mary Darwin

Other Names:

Gwen Mary Raverat

Born:

26 Aug 1885

Died:

11 Feb 1957




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Wood Engraving Artist                          
Selected Works:

Books illustrated include:

Spring Morning – Frances Cornford - 1915
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children - n.e. – Kenneth Grahame - CUP 1932
Over The Garden Wall – Eleanor Farjeon - 1933
Les Amours de Daphne et Chloe – Longus - 933
Farmer’s Glory – A. G. Street - 1934
Mountains and Molehills – Frances Cornford - 1934
Cottage Angels – N. C. James Dent, 1935
A New Version of The First Four Tales from Hans Christian Andersen – R. P. Keigwin - 1935
The Runaway – Elizabeth A. Hart - 1936
Sentimental Journey – Laurence Sterne - 1938
Mustard, Pepper and Salt – Alison Uttley - 1938
The Bird Talisman – H. A. Wedgwood - 1939
Red-Letter Holiday – V. Pye - 1940
Crossings – Walter de la Mare - 1942
Countess Kate – C. M. Yonge - 1948
The Bedside Barsetshire – L. O. Tingay - 1949
The London Bookbinders 1780-1806 – E. Howe - 1950
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood - Autobiography - 1952.                          
Mother Maud du Puy
Father  George Howard Darwin
Spouse Jacques Raverat. two daughters.                          
Founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers in England.                          
Granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin.