Anna Eliza Bray [née Kempe]

(1790-1883)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883 NRA: Bray, Anna Eliza (1790-1883) nee Kempe, novelist DNB: Bray [née Kempe; other married name Stothard], Anna Eliza (1790-1883), novelist and writer LBT ID: AnBray1883 VIAF ID: 29710913 LOC ID: nr90005284	B/BAP: 1790-12-25 DIED: 1883-01-25
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Devon novelist who corresponded with Robert Southey; her Autobiography was published in 1884. Her first marriage was to the artist Alfred Stothard (1786-1821), son of the illustrator.
REFERENCES TO Anna Eliza Bray [née Kempe]: Robert Southey to Katharine Southey, 1 January 1837 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Robert Southey to Katharine Southey, 8 February 1837 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXVII. 1836-1837 Found 1: ¶ 13 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: Bernard Barton Found 1: ¶ 17 Ch. 17: Literary Characters Found 1: ¶ 23 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXII. Found 2: ¶ 41 ¶ 44