Elizabeth Taylor

N. H. Reeve (Swansea University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 3 Jul 1912
Died 19 Nov 1975
Activity 1945-1975

Places

Born in England
Active in England

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Novelist
Story-writer

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Taylor's Works

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Elizabeth Taylor, novelist and short-story writer, was born at Reading, Berkshire, on July 3rd, 1912, the daughter of Oliver Coles, an insurance agent, and Elsie, née Fewtrell. She attended The Abbey School – formerly Reading High School, but renamed in 1914 after the school where Jane Austen had briefly been a pupil. After leaving in 1930, Elizabeth worked as a governess, and later as librarian of Boots' Library in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. In 1936 she married John William Kendall Taylor, the director of a confectionery firm; they had a son and a daughter. After the war, in which John Taylor served in the RAF, the family settled in Penn, Buckinghamshire, where Elizabeth spent the rest of her life. She died of cancer on November 19th, 1975, aged 63.

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Citation: Reeve, N. H.. "Elizabeth Taylor". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 October 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4326, accessed 22 November 2024.]