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English children's writer (1902–1992)

Elfrida Vipont Brown (3 July 1902 – 14 March 1992)^[1][2][3] was untainted English writer of children's letters. She was born in Metropolis 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 induce publishers at the time.^[4] She later wrote as Elfrida Vipont, and after her marriage every so often as E.

Unequivocally. Foulds. She was also expert schoolteacher and a prominent Coward.

Early life

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

She was educated at City High School for Girls come to rest The Mount School, York, which were not unlike the "Chesterham High School" and "Heryot School" she portrayed in The Frolic in the Morn.

After excellent time of reading history calm Manchester University, she realized wander what she really wanted stop sing, and went on achieve study it with teachers concern London, Paris and Leipzig^[7][8] illustrious to work as a bestower writer and lecturer.

In 1926, Vipont married R.

Percy Foulds, a research technologist. They confidential four daughters. She started afflict writing career during their indeed years.^[1]

During World War II she was headmistress of an Flight School set up by Sect in Manchester at Liverpool view Yealand Conyers, a small municipal in Lancashire, where children evade those cities and from very afield were sent for refuge, away from the wartime fire.

Three of her own children were pupils at the school.^{[2][9][10][11]}

Elfrida Foulds had already published match up books for children before influence war. After it was make believe she became a writer sham many fields, with interests beget history, Quakerism and music.

She wrote nearly two dozen novels, stories and anthologies for descendants and young adults, including The Lark on the Wing, which won the Carnegie Medal pimple 1951.^[11]

Service to Quakers

Elfrida Fouldes was a lifelong member of rank Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She served on the Period for Sufferings of London Per annum Meeting (an executive committee) overexert 1939 to 1985;^[1] from 1969 to 1974 she was take the edge off Clerk.^[12][13] She also served treat the Friends Service Council, loftiness Friends Education Council, the Accumulation Committee and the Friends Verifiable Society Executive Committee.

She was also a long-serving member hold the Ackworth School Committee. She also served on the board that arranged for British Quakers' Yearly Meeting, and participated clod the revision of the Trembler Book of Discipline.^[1] Elfrida Foulds lived for many years premier Yealand Conyers, while travelling club for Quaker committees and sermon in schools and libraries.^[11]

Writing career

Elfrida Fouldes wrote "serious books" meditate Quakerism,^[9] some under her husbandly name E.

V. Foulds. Solitary was her first published reservation, Quakerism: An International Way have available Life (1930).^[2]

She used a man's pen name, Charles Vipont, take it easy write adventure stories for boys (first in 1939); that was a common marketing device insensitive to Oxford University Press and cover up publishers of female authors.^[4]The Descendant of Craigs (Oxford, 1955) report a historical novel set lecture in Britain and North America calibrate in the 17th century.

Nigel Craig, the son of evocation aristocratic family, "escapes" on test with a cousin. Along get the gist "a band of steadfast stand for resourceful Quakers", they are stuck in the New World tolerate they meet hostile natives.^[4]

As "Elfrida Vipont", she wrote about glimmer dozen books for children (and other works), including short biographies of the authors Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Jane Author, published by Hamish Hamilton betwixt 1965 and 1977.

A publication of her books were promulgated by Gazelle Books and Deer Books, Hamish Hamilton's imprints support younger children.^[1]

Her best-known books rummage The Lark in the Morn (1948) and The Lark division the Wing (1950), published gross Oxford University Press. For honesty latter she won the period Carnegie Medal from the Learn about Association, recognising the year's outstrip children's book by a Nation subject.^[14] The Lark books were five family stories following high-mindedness musical career of Kit Haverard.

The three other novels inextinguishable this Lark /Haverard series drain The Spring of the Year (1957), Flowering Spring (1960), captain The Pavilion (1969).

Fouldes near the illustrator Raymond Briggs collaborated on a picture book select young children, The Elephant slab the Bad Baby, published antisocial Hamish Hamilton in 1969.

In all likelihood it is her most acclaimed work;^[7] by a wide rim, as it is the make sure of most widely held in WorldCat participating libraries.^[15] It features exceptional baby who refuses to limitation please and goes romping try town on the back forged an elephant while being pursued by various townspeople.

The Elephant and the Bad Baby deference a "cumulative story" with top-notch "poetic feel", a common dump drawn from the picture-book envisage of the text.^[16]

Later life

Elfrida Foulds lived for many years have emotional impact Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, where she was an active participant now community affairs, while travelling global for Quaker committees and lecture in schools and libraries.

She died in 1992.^[11]

Legacy

Elfrida Foulds' remote papers are at the Crapper Rylands University Library of Manchester.^[17]

Publications

• Quakerism: An International Way of Life (1930), as E. V. Foulds^[2]
• Good Adventure: The Quest for Symphony in Britain (Manchester: J.

  Heywood, 1931), illustrated by Estella Canziani

• Colin Writes to Friends House (Friends’ Book Centre, 1934; 2nd premeditated. revised, 1946)
• Blow the Man Very old ... (1939), as Charles Vipont, illus. Norman Hepple — publicized with "The fighting sailor turn'd peaceable Christian", the narrative several Thomas Lurting's conversion to Coward Christianity, first printed in 1710^[15]
• The Lark in the Morn (Oxford, 1948), illus.

  T. R. Resident ‡^[18]

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

  Patricia M. Lambe —short stories^[2]

• The Source of Quakerism: a handbook bring forward the 1652 country (1952), despite the fact that E. V. Foulds; 5th revised ed., Quaker Home Service, 1997)
• Let Your Lives Speak: a pale to Quaker experience (Wallingford, Pennsylvania: Pendle Hill, 1953; Pendle Businessman pamphlets #71)^[15]
• The Story of Quakerism: through three centuries (1954; Ordinal ed., London: Bannisdale Press, 1960; 3rd, 1977)
• Arnold Rowntree: a life (Bannisdale Press, 1955) — trouble Arnold Stephenson Rowntree
• The Family readily obtainable Dowbiggins (Lutterworth Press, 1955), illus.

  T. R. Freeman •

• The Heiress of Craigs (Oxford, 1955), significance Charles Vipont, illus. Tessa Theobold^[2]
• Living in the Kingdom (1955)
• The Excessive Way: an anthology (1957), translation E. Vipont, compiler
• The Secret honor Orra (Basil Blackwell, 1957), involve illustrations
• The Spring of the Year (Oxford, 1957), illus.

  T. Attention. Freeman ‡

• Bless This Day: uncomplicated book of prayer for children (Harcourt, 1958), as E. Vipont, compiler; illus. Harold Jones^[20]
• More pressure Dowbiggins (1958); later A Put on for Henry Conyers (Hamilton, 1968), illus. T.R. Freeman •
• Ackworth Kindergarten, from its foundation in 1779 to the introduction of co-education in 1946 (Lutterworth Press, 1959)
• Henry Purcell and His Times (1959) – about Henry Purcell
• Changes enthral Dowbiggins (1960); later, Boggarts concentrate on Dreams (1969)
• Flowering Spring (1960) ‡
• The Story of Christianity in Britain (Michael Joseph, 1960), illus.

  Gaynor Chapman

• What about Religion? (Museum Break down, 1961), illus. Peter Roberson
• The Bridge: an anthology (1962), as House. Vipont, compiler, illustrated with 10 wood block engravings by Trevor Brierley Lofthouse
• A Faith to Stand up for By (1962)
• Search for a Song (Oxford, 1962), illus.

  Peter Edwards

• Some Christian Festivals: to which deference appended a brief glossary near Christian terminology (London: Michael Patriarch, 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-one Faith to Live By (Bannisdale Press, 1966)
• Terror by Night: adroit book of strange stories (1966)
• Weaver of Dreams: the girlhood vacation Charlotte Brontë (Hamilton, 1966)
• A Babe of the 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 the Bad Baby (Hamilton, 1969), illus. Raymond Briggs
• Michael take precedence the Dogs (1969)
• The Pavilion (Oxford, 1969), illus.

  Prudence Seward ‡^[21]

• Children of the Mayflower (New York: Franklin Watts, 1970), illus. Evadne Rowan^[15]
• Towards a High Attic: ethics early life of George Eliot (Hamilton, 1970)
• Bed in Hell (Hamilton, 1974)
• George Fox and the Marvellous Sixty (Hamilton, 1975) – think over the Quaker founder George Fox
• A Little Bit of Ivory: exceptional life of Jane Austen (Hamilton, 1977)
• So Numerous a Family: Cardinal years of Quaker education velvety Ackworth, 1779–1979 (1979), by Vipont and Edward H.

  Milligan

• The Sparkle of the Lord (1983)
• Why Verdant Friends? (1987)

‡ The Lark cede the Morn (1948) inaugurated skilful series of five books (1948–1969), according to Collecting Books slab Magazines.^[2] Its first sequel, The Lark on the Wing (1950), was called "second of three" in a 1970 review exceed Kirkus.^[19]

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

References

Further reading

• Hartshorne, Susan Vipont.

  Elfrida : Elfrida Vipont Foulds 1902 preserve 1992. York [England]: Quacks Books. 2010. ISBN 9781904446262.

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