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Florence Emily Dugdale (12 January 1879 – 17 October 1937) was an English teacher and children's writer, who was the second wife of the novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. She was credited as the author of Hardy's posthumously published biography, The Early Life and Later Years of Thomas Hardy , although it was written (mostly or entirely) by ...
Apr 1, 2020 · In a letter written shortly after their wedding, Florence Dugdale portrayed Hardy as “one of the kindest, most humane men in the world” while acknowledging that his fame led to the constant...
Apr 1, 2020 · 1 April 2020. PA Media. Florence Dugdale wrote that she was "the proud and very happy wife of the greatest living English writer" Newly discovered letters from novelist Thomas Hardy's second...
Apr 1, 2020 · Florence Dugdale detailed her marriage to Hardy and later her feelings of loss after his death. | ITV National News
Florence Dugdale Hardy. Florence Emily Dugdale, the daughter of Edward and Emma Dugdale, was born in 1879. Her father was headmaster of St Andrew's National School in Enfield. Florence became a schoolteacher and was the author of several textbooks. Friends claimed that she was an extremely modest person.
Florence Emily Hardy, née Dugdale, was a writer of children's stories and the second wife and, later, biographer of Thomas Hardy. Florence was the daughter of school headmaster Edward Dugdale. She attended National Infants School in Enfield for two years until 1886, when she went to St Andrew's Girls School.
Apr 2, 2020 · Florence, who was a children’s writer as well as a teacher, had been introduced to Hardy late in 1905. By 1910 she was typing up a novella, “The Maid on the Shore”, by Hardy’s first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford. Emma had also written “The Inspirer”, about a woman who inspired her husband’s novels.
