Surname: Buck Forename(s): Ruth b. 1829. d. 1916. Nationality: English.
Poet and children’s writer. Pseudonyms: “Helen Annesly,” “R. B.” Alternative signature:
“Mrs Joseph Lamb.” Born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her father was from Whitby. Married
Joseph Lamb. The Chambers’s Journal Authors’ Ledger entry for Miss Helen Annesly states: “The above nom de plume being
dropped, see Ruth Buck.” The ledger also gives the address as Osborne Street, Grimsby
(NLS Dep 341/289). Author of Pleasant Oaths for Little Feet (1864). Biographical information: Whitby Authors and their Publications, Horne and Son, 1867, p. 224; At the Circulating Library. (AC)