AKA Edith Nesbit

Born: 15-Aug-1858
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 4-May-1924
Location of death: New Romney, Kent, England
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, St. Mary in the Marsh Churchyard, Romney Marsh, Kent, England

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Poet

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Father: John Collis Nesbit (agricultural educator, d. 1862)
Mother: Sarah
Husband: Hubert Bland (journalist, m. 22-Apr-1880, d. 14-Apr-1914, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Paul Cyril Bland (b. 1880, d. 1940)
Daughter: Iris Mary Bland (b. 1881)
Son: Fabian Bland (b. 1885, d. 1900)
Daughter: Rosamund (adopted, mother Alice Hoatson, b. 1886, affair with H. G. Wells)
Husband: Thomas Terry Tucker (marine engineer, m. 20-Feb-1917, until her death)

    Fabian Society Founding Member (1884)
    Converted to Catholicism
    Risk Factors: Smoking

Author of books:
The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899, juvenile)
The Would-Be-Goods (1901, juvenile)
The Five Children and It (1902, juvenile)
The New Treasure Seekers (1904, juvenile)
The Story of the Amulet (1906, juvenile)
The Railway Children (1906, juvenile)
The Enchanted Castle (1907, juvenile)
The Wonderful Garden (1911, juvenile)
The Magic World (1912, juvenile)

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