Surname: Spence Forename(s): Kate Elizabeth b. 15 January 1859. d. 6 November 1942. Nationality: English.
Poet. Sister of Florence Edith Sspence. Author of Dives and Lazarus, and the Problem of “The Ages” Solved (1890). Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for “The Message of the Snow,” published on 29 December 1883, lists
her as Miss K. E. Spence, of Eastern Villa, Forest Hall, Newcastle (NLS Dep 341/369).
Biographical information: BL; Find a Grave <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215658161/kate-elizabeth-spence> (20 February
2022). (AC, CC)