NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sherwood, Mrs. (Mary Martha), 1775-1851 DNB: Sherwood [née Butt], Mary Martha (1775–1851), children's writer and educationist LBT ID: MaSherw1851 VIAF ID: 49357083 LOC ID: n50024178 | B/BAP: 1775-05-06 DIED: 1851-09-20 |
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The daughter of the poet George Butt (1741-1795); in 1803 she married Captain Henry
Sherwood (1776–1849) with whom she traveled to India where she began writing a long and
successful series of books for children. | |