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Hawkshaw, Edith F.

 Person

Biographical Note

Edith F. Hawkshaw was born in 1847 in Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Reverend Edward Hawkshaw. Edith married at forty-three to the seventy-five year old mechanical engineer Henry Wollaston Blake in 1890. As of 1911, she was a windower after Blake's death, and living with her father.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Edith F. Hawkshaw Notes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-018
Abstract

This collection contains notes and essay by an English girl named Edith F. Hawkshaw. Contents include commentary and descriptions of the eras and development of English architecture, particularly the rise of Gothic architecture. Hawkshaw was born in 1847, married to Henry Wollaston Blake in 1890, and was alive as late as 1911.

Dates: 1863