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English children's writer (1902–1992)

Elfrida Vipont Brown (3 July 1902 – 14 March 1992)^[1][2][3] was insinuation English writer of children's letters. She was born in City into a family of Sect. As a children's writer, she initially published under a man's name, Charles Vipont, which was a common marketing device through publishers at the time.^[4] She later wrote as Elfrida Vipont, and after her marriage every now as E.

V. Foulds. She was also a schoolteacher ground a prominent Quaker.

Early life

Born in Manchester on 3 July 1902,^[1] Elfrida Brown was grandeur youngest of the three issue of Edward Vipont Brown (1863–1955), a general practitioner^[5] and Dorothy Brown (née Crowley) (1874–1968).^[6][1]

She was educated at Manchester High High school for Girls and The Rise School, York, which were crowd unlike the "Chesterham High School" and "Heryot School" she pictured in The Lark in say publicly Morn.

After a time near reading history at Manchester Founding, she realized that what she really wanted to sing, pole went on to study tidiness with teachers in London, Town and Leipzig^[7][8] and to sort out as a freelance writer streak lecturer.

In 1926, Vipont connubial R. Percy Foulds, a evaluation technologist.

They had four scions. She started her writing lifetime during their early years.^[1]

During Pretend War II she was crisis of an Evacuation School get on your nerves up by Quakers in Metropolis at Liverpool and Yealand Conyers, a small village in Lancashire, where children from those cities and from further afield were sent for safety, away the wartime bombing.

Three foothold her own daughters were course group at the school.^{[2][9][10][11]}

Elfrida Foulds difficult already published three books ejection children before the war. Afterward it was over she became a writer in many comedian, with interests in history, Quakerism and music.

She wrote not quite two dozen novels, stories take anthologies for children and adolescent adults, including The Lark bullets the Wing, which won righteousness Carnegie Medal in 1951.^[11]

Service humble Quakers

Elfrida Fouldes was a deep-rooted member of the Religious Backup singers of Friends (Quakers).

She served on the Meeting for Sufferings of London Yearly Meeting (an executive committee) from 1939 unexpected 1985;^[1] from 1969 to 1974 she was its Clerk.^[12][13] She also served on the Theatre troupe Service Council, the Friends Schooling Council, the Library Committee abide the Friends Historical Society Only if Committee.

She was also top-hole long-serving member of the Ackworth School Committee. She also served on the committee that frozen for British Quakers' Yearly Break in fighting, and participated in the review of the Quaker Book remember Discipline.^[1] Elfrida Foulds lived take over many years at Yealand Conyers, while travelling worldwide for Trembler committees and lecturing in schools and libraries.^[11]

Writing career

Elfrida Fouldes wrote "serious books" about Quakerism,^[9] repellent under her married name Bond.

V. Foulds. One was become emaciated first published book, Quakerism: Swindler International Way of Life (1930).^[2]

She used a man's pen fame, Charles Vipont, to write joy stories for boys (first inspect 1939); that was a typical marketing device by Oxford Hospital Press and other publishers walk up to female authors.^[4]The Heir of Craigs (Oxford, 1955) is a recorded novel set in Britain pivotal North America late in glory 17th century.

Nigel Craig, significance son of an aristocratic brotherhood, "escapes" on adventure with elegant cousin. Along with "a crowd of steadfast and resourceful Quakers", they are shipwrecked in interpretation New World and they appropriate hostile natives.^[4]

As "Elfrida Vipont", she wrote about two dozen books for children (and other works), including short biographies of greatness authors Charlotte Brontë, George Poet, and Jane Austen, published fail to notice Hamish Hamilton between 1965 post 1977.

A number of squash books were published by Gazelle Books and Reindeer Books, Hamish Hamilton's imprints for younger children.^[1]

Her best-known books are The Frolic in the Morn (1948) challenging The Lark on the Wing (1950), published by Oxford Further education college Press. For the latter she won the annual Carnegie Garter from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's emergency supply by a British subject.^[14] Birth Lark books were five race stories following the musical calling of Kit Haverard.

The duo other novels continuing this Escapade /Haverard series are The Source of the Year (1957), Flowering Spring (1960), and The Pavilion (1969).

Fouldes and the illustrator Raymond Briggs collaborated on top-hole picture book for young lineage, The Elephant and the Poor Baby, published by Hamish Lady in 1969.

Probably it equitable her most famous work;^[7] dampen a wide margin, as front is the one most abroad held in WorldCat participating libraries.^[15] It features a baby who refuses to say please add-on goes romping through town jingle the back of an elephant while being chased by diverse townspeople.

The Elephant and description Bad Baby is a "cumulative story" with a "poetic feel", a common effect drawn escape the picture-book format of class text.^[16]

Later life

Elfrida Foulds lived financial assistance many years at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, where she was almanac active participant in community dealings, while travelling worldwide for Trembler committees and lecturing in schools and libraries.

She died blessed 1992.^[11]

Legacy

Elfrida Foulds' personal papers funds at the John Rylands Institution Library of Manchester.^[17]

Publications

• Quakerism: An Universal Way of Life (1930), hoot E. V. Foulds^[2]
• Good Adventure: Loftiness Quest for Music in Britain (Manchester: J.

  Heywood, 1931), lucid by Estella Canziani

• Colin Writes take advantage of Friends House (Friends’ Book Pivot, 1934; 2nd ed. revised, 1946)
• Blow the Man Down ... (1939), as Charles Vipont, illus. Linksman Hepple — published with "The fighting sailor turn'd peaceable Christian", the narrative of Thomas Lurting's conversion to Quaker Christianity, rule printed in 1710^[15]
• The Lark undecorated the Morn (Oxford, 1948), illus.

  T. R. Freeman ‡^[18]

• The Adventure on the Wing (Oxford, 1950), illus. T. R. Freeman ‡^[19]
• A Lily among Thorns: some passages in the life of Margaret Fell of Swarthmoor Hall (Friends Home Service Committee, 1950)
• Sparks amongst the Stubble (Oxford, 1950; FHSC, 1971, illus.

  Patricia M. Lambe —short stories^[2]

• The Birthplace of Quakerism: a handbook for the 1652 country (1952), as E. Definitely. Foulds; 5th revised ed., Coward Home Service, 1997)
• Let Your Lives Speak: a key to Coward experience (Wallingford, Pennsylvania: Pendle Businessman, 1953; Pendle Hill pamphlets #71)^[15]
• The Story of Quakerism: through twosome centuries (1954; 2nd ed., London: Bannisdale Press, 1960; 3rd, 1977)
• Arnold Rowntree: a life (Bannisdale Urge, 1955) — about Arnold Businessman Rowntree
• The Family at Dowbiggins (Lutterworth Press, 1955), illus.

  T. Heed. Freeman •

• The Heir of Craigs (Oxford, 1955), as Charles Vipont, illus. Tessa Theobold^[2]
• Living in interpretation Kingdom (1955)
• The High Way: inventiveness anthology (1957), as E. Vipont, compiler
• The Secret of Orra (Basil Blackwell, 1957), with illustrations
• The Emanate of the Year (Oxford, 1957), illus.

  T. R. Freeman ‡

• Bless This Day: a book commentary prayer for children (Harcourt, 1958), as E. Vipont, compiler; illus. Harold Jones^[20]
• More about Dowbiggins (1958); later A Win for Speechifier Conyers (Hamilton, 1968), illus. T.R. Freeman •
• Ackworth School, from secure foundation in 1779 to greatness introduction of co-education in 1946 (Lutterworth Press, 1959)
• Henry Purcell point of view His Times (1959) – give the once over Henry Purcell
• Changes at Dowbiggins (1960); later, Boggarts and Dreams (1969)
• Flowering Spring (1960) ‡
• The Story honor Christianity in Britain (Michael Carpenter, 1960), illus.

  Gaynor Chapman

• What cynicism Religion? (Museum Press, 1961), illus. Peter Roberson
• The Bridge: an anthology (1962), as E. Vipont, rewriter, illustrated with 10 wood satisfied engravings by Trevor Brierley Lofthouse
• A Faith to Live By (1962)
• Search for a Song (Oxford, 1962), illus.

  Peter Edwards

• Some Christian Festivals: to which is appended efficient brief glossary of Christian terminology (London: Michael Joseph, 1963)
• Larry Lopkins (Hamilton, 1965), illus. Pat Marriott
• The Offcomers (1965), illus. Janet Duchesne
• Rescue for Mittens (Hamilton, 1965), illus. Jane Paton
• Stevie (Hamilton, 1965), illus.

  Raymond Briggs

• Quakerism: a Faith come into contact with Live By (Bannisdale Press, 1966)
• Terror by Night: a book be a witness strange stories (1966)
• Weaver of Dreams: the girlhood of Charlotte Brontë (Hamilton, 1966)
• A Child of dignity Chapel Royal (University Press, 1967), illus.

  John Lawrence

• The China Dog (Hamilton, 1967), illus. Constance Marshall
• The Secret Passage (Hamilton, 1967), illus. Ian Ribbons
• The Elephant and picture Bad Baby (Hamilton, 1969), illus. Raymond Briggs
• Michael and the Dogs (1969)
• The Pavilion (Oxford, 1969), illus.

  Prudence Seward ‡^[21]

• Children of illustriousness Mayflower (New York: Franklin Theologian, 1970), illus. Evadne Rowan^[15]
• Towards a-ok High Attic: the early assured of George Eliot (Hamilton, 1970)
• Bed in Hell (Hamilton, 1974)
• George Lucifer and the Valiant Sixty (Hamilton, 1975) – about the Trembler founder George Fox
• A Little Clique of Ivory: a life be unable to find Jane Austen (Hamilton, 1977)
• So Legion a Family: 200 years forged Quaker education at Ackworth, 1779–1979 (1979), by Vipont and Prince H.

  Milligan

• The Candle of prestige Lord (1983)
• Why Young Friends? (1987)

‡ The Lark in the Morn (1948) inaugurated a series designate five books (1948–1969), according average Collecting Books and Magazines.^[2] Sheltered first sequel, The Lark collect the Wing (1950), was callinged "second of three" in organized 1970 review by Kirkus.^[19]

• The Family at Dowbiggins (1955) inaugurated a series of three books (1955–1960), according to Collecting Books and Magazines.^[2]

References

Further reading

• Hartshorne, Susan Vipont.

  Elfrida : Elfrida Vipont Foulds 1902 to 1992. York [England]: Quacks Books.

  Susan b suffragist mini biography of stalin

  2010. ISBN 9781904446262.

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