1848–1923

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 9, 1848, Wool­as­ton, Glou­ces­ters­hire, Eng­land.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 16, 1923, Ban­bu­ry, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: Friends (Quak­er) Meet­ing House, Sib­ford Gow­er, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Biography

Laura was the daugh­ter of Fran­cis Will­iam Dib­bin (1811–1874), and wife of Tho­mas Chant of Bridge­wa­ter (mar­ried 1877).

She was a Sis­ter of the So­phia Wards in the Lon­don Hos­pi­tal, and a lec­tur­er on li­ter­ary and so­cial sub­jects.

Sources

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