Mary de Morgan

Mary de Morgan was an English writer and the author of three volumes of fairytales On a Pincushion The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and The Windfairies . These volumes appeared together in the collection The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde160 The Complete Fairy Stories of Mary de Morgan, published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1963, with an introduction by Roger Lancelyn Green.

Mary de Morgan, the youngest daughter of distinguished mathematician Augustus de Morgan, was born inCamden Street, London, onFebruary 1850. In her youth, Mary earned herself a reputation for tactlessness, apparently at one point telling Henry Holiday, All artists are fools! Look at yourself and Mr. Solomon!

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