Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell letter.
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Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922
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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...
