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S. M. Benians, Biography of Ada Benson. English, c. 1970

Mrs Sylvia Mary Benians, widow of E. M. Benians, Master of St John's College: biography of Ada Benson (1840-82), written c. 1970. With letters from the author's children Martin Benians, 20 July 1976, and Colette Williams, 20 June 1978, re the deposit of the MS at St John's and efforts to publish it through CUP and Macmillan.

Manuscript extra information

295x237 mm. 306 pp. Presented by Mrs Benians via Martin Benians in 1976.

Typescript, one of three copies. Paper in a standard modern box file.