The Resume

(June 11, 1851-March 24, 1920)
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Birth name was Mary Augusta Arnold
Wrote the novels 'Robert Elsmere' (1888), 'Marcella' (3 volumes, 1894), 'Lady Rose's Daughter' (1903), 'The Marriage of William Ashe' (1905), 'The Testing of Diana Malory' (1908), 'The Case of Richard Meynell' (1911), 'Lady Connie' (1916), and 'Harvest' (1920)
Niece of poet Matthew Arnold
Aunt of Aldous and Julian Huxley

Why she might be annoying:

Her father said she had been a difficult child, with 'a regular pitched battle with her about twice a day.
She published as 'Mrs. Humphrey Ward.'
She was a founding member and first president of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League.
She claimed that only men could handle legal, financial, and military matters.

Why she might not be annoying:

She could read Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Greek.
She supported admitting female students to Oxford.
She established settlement houses to provide education for the poor.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 82]
• I Come from Oz
• I Died in 1920 (Ranked: 68)
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• My Uncle is Famous Too
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 932)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 51501-51750 (Ranked: 51528)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1903)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1905)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying