Green, Mary Anne Everett (1818–1895)
Green, Mary Anne Everett (1818–1895)
British historian. Name variations: Mary Anne Everett Wood. Born Mary Anne Everett Wood, July 19, 1818, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died Nov 1, 1895, in London; dau. of Robert Wood (Methodist minister); m. George Pycock Green (painter), 1846.
Educated at home until family's move to London (1841) where she spent time in British Museum reading history; learned several languages and became respected scholar; spent 40 years editing calendars of state papers published in 41 volumes; works include Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the Twelfth Century to the Close of the Reign of Queen Mary (1846), Lives of the Princesses of England, from the Roman Conquest (1849–1855), and Elizabeth, Electress Palantine and Queen of Bohemia (1855).