Surname: Clerke Forename(s): Ellen Mary b. 26 September 1840. d. 2 March 1906. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Linguist, translator, poet, novelist. Born in Skibbereen, County Cork, to a Catholic
family. Sister of astronomer Agnes Mary Clerke. Moved with her family to Dublin in
1861, and then to Queenstown (Cobh) in 1863. Lived in Italy 1867 to 1877, and then
London with her family. Extensive periodical contributor. Author of Fable and Song in Italy (1899), The Flying Dutchman, and Other Poems (1881). Biographical information: Orlando, DIB, Colman 54-5. (AC)