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Adventure and Tragedy: The Life of Mrs Alec-Tweedie
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie
English painter
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie | |
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Tweedie by Herbert Gustave Schmalz, 1894 | |
| Born | Ethel Brilliana Harley 1 January 1862 London, England |
| Died | 15 April 1940 London, England |
| Occupation | author |
| Known for | travel books |
Ethel Brilliana TweedieFRGS (1862–1940) was a prolific English author, travel writer, biographer, historian, editor, journalist, photographer and illustrator.
She wrote as Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Mrs. Alec-Tweedie and as Ethel B. Harley.[1]
Early life
Ethel Tweedie was born 1 January 1862 in London, the daughter of George Harley F.R.S.
Mrs. Ethel Alec-Tweedie
and Emma Jessie (Muspratt) Harley, into an early life of wealth and privilege. Her siblings included a sister (Olga) and three brothers (Edward Vaughan Berkeley Harley, Vernon De V. and Harold S.), She was named by her father for a famous relative, Lady Brilliana Harley (wife of Sir Robert Harley of Brampton Bryan). She was educated at Queen's College, Lo Ethel Alec-Tweedie (Author of A Girl's Ride in Iceland) HEC