Charlotte Maria Tucker

Charlotte Maria Tucker
Charlotte Maria Tucker
Born 2 May 1821(1821-05-02)
Barnet, Middlesex, England
Died 2 December 1893(1893-12-02) (aged 72)
Amritsar, India
Pen name A.L.O.E. (a Lady of England)
Occupation Writer
Nationality English
Period 19th century
Genres Children's Literature

Charlotte Maria Tucker (May 8, 1821-December 2, 1893), English author, who wrote under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (a Lady of England), was born near Barnet, Middlesex, the daughter of Henry St George Tucker (1771–1851), a distinguished official of the British East India Company. From 1852 till her death she wrote many stories for children, most of them allegories with an obvious moral, and devoted the proceeds to charity. In 1875 she left England for India to engage in missionary work, and died at Amritsar on the 2nd of December 1893.

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  • Agnes Giberne, A Lady of England. The life and letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker (1895)



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