Mrs Eliza Ann Heath, widow of Mr Francis George Heath
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Essays, Topography, works on rural life; also Scientific, Botany Career: Environmentalist Applications: 30 Sep 1913 (£100)
Mrs Maria Louisa Nicklin, widow of Mr John Arnold Nicklin
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Works published: Poetry : also Non-Fiction, Topography, Criticism, Editions, Journalism Career: Schoolmaster at Liverpool College; Journalist for the Daily Chronicle and the Tribune; Clerk at the Admiralty Applications: 28 May 1917 (£100)
Mrs Emma Margaretta Wells, the widow of Dr Charles Wells
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Reference, Turkish Grammars, Economics, Oriental Studies; also History Career: Professor of Turkish at King's College London; Translator for the Foreign Office Applications: 19 Jan 1918 (£100)
Henry James Gordon Ross, and Clara Gordon Ross, his widow
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Works published: Non-Fiction : on Argentina and Uruguay; also Journalism, Translations Career: Author and Journalist; Financial and Commercial Editor of the Buenos Aires Standard; Translator Applications: 6 Jan 1921 (£75), 24 Apr 1922 (rejected), 2 Jun 1923 (£40 + £60), 3 May 1928 (£75), 29 Ma...
Amy Vibart Shackleton, the sister of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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Works published: Travel Writing : works on the Arctic and Antarctic; also Non-Fiction, Autobiography Career: Explorer; 'Knight-Batchelor, CVO etc.' Applications: 3 Oct 1926 (£100) Note: Began as an application for Henrietta Letitia Sophia Shackleton, who died before it could be completed.
Hilda Violet Edina Shears, the widow of Frederick Sydney Shears
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Criticism, works on French literature; also History Career: BA from King's College London; Degree of Licencié-ès-Lettres from the University of Grenoble; Docteur de l'Université de Paris; Lecturer at King's College London; Professor of French at the University of ...