Antonia Kennedy-Laurie Dickson. First woman to pass the music examination at Trinity College London. Moved to the United States with her family in 1879. With her brother, William Kennedy Dickinson, she wrote what was probably the first study of cinema, History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph (1895). The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for her translation, published on 22 May 1875, gives her address as Chateau de Verderie, St. Servan, France (NLS Dep 341/368; 341/293); for her translation published on 15 April 1882, 365 Washington St, Petersburg, Virginia (NLS Dep 341/369); and for her translation published on 14 January 1899, Hotel Cecil, London, W. (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Dickson (1 January 2020).(AC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Maiden Sleeps. Translated from the German | 1875-05-08 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Translator | 7060 |
| The Grave’s Voices | 1875-05-22 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Translator | 7063 |
| He Giveth His Beloved Sleep | 1875-06-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 7010 |
| A Mother’s Prayers. From the German | 1875-07-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Translator | 7073 |
| Easter Greeting. From the German of Karl Von Gerok | 1882-04-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Translator | 7497 |
| An Indian Lullaby | 1899-01-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12549 |
| After Many Days | 1901-04-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 12499 |