Annie French Hector (1825 - 1902)

Short name Annie French Hector
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First name Annie
Birth name French Hector
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Alternative name Mrs Alexander
Date of birth 1825
Date of death 1902
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Sex Female
Place of birth Ireland
Place of death England
Lived in England , Ireland
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Annie French Hector was ...
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Place(s) of Residence England , Ireland
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Two translations into Dutch in NCC/Picarta, several translations into French in Cat BnF. svdfeb10 Born in Ireland. She was educated by governesses. The family moved to England when she was nineteen, and at thirty-three she married Alexander Hector, a wealthy merchant. Widowed at fifty, she settled down to novel-writing, publishing over forty titles with steady success, the last when she was seventy-seven. The best known are The Wooing O’t (1873) and the semi-autobiographical Kitty Costello (1902). Died in London, 10 July 1902; buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Married to Alexander Hector, used his forename as a pseudonym. KLK 1904