Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose (1857 – 1 June 1938) was an Irish children's writer.[1]
Ethel Charlotte Coghill Penrose | |
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![]() Illustration taken from page 52 of 'Clear as the Noon Day' | |
Born | 1857 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 1 June 1938 |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Irish |
Genre | Children's |
Born Ethel Charlotte Coghill in Dublin in 1857 to Irish photographer[2][3] Sir John Joscelyn Coghill, 4th Baronet,[4] and his wife the Hon. Katherine Frances, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Castletownshend, County Cork. She had two sisters and four brothers.[5][6] She married a land agent, James Penrose on 30 December 1880 in Skibbereen.[7] They moved to Lismore, County Waterford to live for several years. Together they had at least four children.[8][9] She died on 1 June 1938.[6]
Penrose began writing children's books and had several published. Clear as the noon day was illustrated by her cousin, Edith Somerville.[10]
Illustrations from Clear as the noon day