See also:MARY MARTHA See also:SHERWOOD (1775-1851)
, See also:English author, was See also:born at See also:Stanford, See also:Worcestershire, on the 6th of May 1775, the daughter of the Rev
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See also:George See also:Butt, D.D., then See also:rector of Stanford
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In 1803 she married her See also:cousin, See also:Captain See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Sherwood, an officer in the See also:British See also:army, and subsequently accompanied him to See also:India, where she devoted herself to charitable See also:work and to See also:writing
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Her See also:Indian See also:story, Little Henry and his See also:Bearer, was translated into many See also:languages
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Her best-known work, however, is The See also:History of the Fairchild See also:Family, written after her return to See also:England, of which the first See also:part appeared in 1818, and the second and third parts in 1842 and 1847 respectively
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The sub-See also:title of this See also:tale is The See also:Child's See also:Manual, being aseries of stories calculated to show the importance and effects of a religious See also:education
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The See also:book had a very large See also:sale among the English See also:middle-classes
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Mrs Sherwood wrote nearly a See also:hundred stories of a religious type and tracts, mainly for the See also:young
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She died on the 22nd of See also:September 1851
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See The See also:Life and Times of Mrs Sherwood
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From the Diaries of Captain and Mrs Sherwood, edited by F
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J
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H
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Darton (1910)
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