Bio:Mary Forrester

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(Elsie) Mary Humphries who wrote under the pseudonym Mary Forrester 'An Introduction to Great Artists' (1965), is not the same Mary Forrester that wrote 'The Seer' (1935). Source: 'The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J', pp. 76-77.--Dirk P Broer 21:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

In The Writers Directory 1980-82, Macmillan Press 1979, page 612 (ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3) there is:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary. Writes as Mary Forrester. British, b. 1905. Writer on art. Publrs. Asst., Methuen & Co., London, 1947-63. Primary sch. teacher, Barnet Education Cttee., London, 1967 until retirement. Publs: (as Mary Forrester) An Introduction to Great Artists, 1965; A World That Sings, 1972. Add: 29 Willoughby Rd., London NW3, England. --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

But A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary [1905- , English novelist]: Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams [f]). --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

Author's page in The British Library: Mary FORRESTER, (Novelist) and Mary Forrester in OCLC/WorldCat: lccn-n97869245.

- The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973216)
- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat 1063845027)
- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat 774596088)
- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat 6619239)
- Wendersley, Hutchinson & Co. 1936, ASIN: B004NO3EJ8 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973291) --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

In the magazine 'The Australian WOMAN'S MIRROR' of August 5, 1930, page 26 there is a column "Let's Talk About Books" by Franziska. She recommended The Gleam by Mary Forrester (Hutchinson). --Zapp 16:09, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

According to Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. (A) Group 1, #9967 Mary Forrester 1935 lives in Annfield, Stirling, England. --Zapp 03:52, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

In 'Australians in Britain : The Twentieth-Century Experience', edited by Carl Bridge, Robert Crawford and David Dunstan, Monash University ePress 2009 (ISBN 978-0-9804648-6-3) there is Mary Forrester included in chapter AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS LIVING AND WRITING IN ENGLAND, 1900–1940. --Zapp 16:59, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

Source of Date of Birth 15 June 1905 is not found yet. --Zapp 16:59, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

Also an author's page: Mary Magdalen Forrester lccn-nb2005011527, publications of 1900 and 1905. --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

In LUCERNA – the Magic Lantern Web Resource: FORRESTER, Mary Magdalen, author of poems used with slide sets (1890s-1900s). --Zapp 06:34, 23 August 2019 (EDT)