Gratiana Chanter
Gratiana Chanter | |
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| Born | 1857  |
| Died | 1934 |
| Occupations | Novelist, illustrator |
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Gratiana Chanter Knocker (1857 – 1934) was a British novelist and illustrator.
Gratiana Chanter was born in 1857 in Ilfracombe, Devon, the daughter of novelist Charlotte Chanter and vicar John Mill Chanter. She came from a family of novelists; her mother's brothers were the novelists Charles Kingsley and Henry Kingsley.[1]
She published Wanderings in North Devon (1887), a collection of her father's writings.[2] Her novel The Witch of Withyford (1896) was a story of about witches, murder, and child kidnapping.[1][3] She also published a collection of short stories, The Rainbow Garden (1901). All of these books were accompanied by her own illustrations.[1]
Personal life
She married Edward Longworth Knocker, who was 15 years younger than her, in 1896. They settled in Italy.[1]
Death and legacy
- Wanderings in North Devon: Being records and reminiscences in the life of John Mill Chanter. Ilfracombe: Twiss and Son, 1887.[2][4]
- The Witch of Withyford: A Story of Exmoor. 1 vol. London: J. M. Dent, 1896.[1]
- The Rainbow Garden and Other Stories. 1 vol. London: R. B. Johnson, 1901.[1]
- "Trebetherick": a story of North Cornwall as written by one David Roounsevall of the parish of St. Enodoc in that country. Naples: F. Giannini & figli, 1913.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Author: Gratiana Chanter". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- 1 2 "Charlotte Chanter | Orlando". orlando.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
- ↑ Daims, Diva (1982). Toward a feminist tradition : an annotated bibliography of novels in English by women, 1891-1920. Internet Archive. New York : Garland Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8240-9523-9.
- ↑ Lamplugh, Lois (1984). A history of Ilfracombe. Internet Archive. Chichester, Sussex : Phillimore. ISBN 978-0-85033-525-5.
- ↑ Chanter, Gratiana. (1913). "Trebetherick"; a story of North Cornwall as written by one David Roounsevall of the parish of St. Enodoc in that country. Napoli: F. Giannini & figli.