Poet and (from 1861) invalid. Lived in Islington, London. Alternative signature: “Elizabeth
F. A. Rowbotham.” Author of *Harps of Zion: A Collection of Poems* (1875). The *Chambers’s
Journal* ledger entry for Rowbotham’s poem, published on 27 October 1883, lists her
as Miss E. Rowbotham, of 14 Wellington St, Islington, N. (NLS Dep 341/369). Biographical
information: Reilly, *Mid-Victorian Poetry*, p. 400. (AC, CC)