Keary, Eliza (F)

Surname: Keary
Forename(s): Eliza Harriet
b. 22 April 1827. d. 29 August 1918. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Children’s writer and poet. Pseudonym: “E. K.” Alternative signature: “E. Keary.” Co-authored children’s literature with her sister, Annie Keary, including The Heroes of Asgard (1857), Early Egyptian History for the Young (1861), Little Wanderlin and other Fairy Tales (1865). Travelled with her sister to do research in Egypt and Pégomas, near Cannes. Wrote Memoir of Annie Keary (1882), and edited a collection of her sister’s letters in 1883. Author of Little Seal-Skin and other Poems (1874). Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM, JS)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 5
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Homeless 1863-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14014
Sunbeams on the Sea 1866-05 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14296
Asrael, the Angel of Death 1866-08 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14324
Little Seal-Skin 1868-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14326
The Goose-Girl. A Tale of the Year 2099 1869-09 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14416