Surname: Waring Forename(s): Eleanor Emma b. 1838. d. 22 March 1909. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and nun. Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Baptized on 17 June 1839. Educated at the
Bedford College for Women. Worked in a nursing home. Joined the Anglican Community
of St John the Baptist in Bovey Tracey, Devon, in 1869. Resided in the community of
the Clewer Sisters in 1875. Helped found the St Augustine’s Boy’s Home. Possibly the
author of Peeps into An Old Playground: Memories of the Past (1895). Listed as a contributor to Once a Week in the magazine’s Account Book. Biographical information: Curran Index; “Lyme Regis Museum” https://www.lymeregismuseumresearchteam.co.uk/_files/ugd/392773_9083f71c03f148dfa8d8df15b8d20317.pdf?index=true (14 March 2024). (AC, CC)