Author: Jane Benson
Author: Jane Benson (1823–1906)
Alternate Name(s): Edmondson (maiden name)
Biography: Jane Benson was born on 14 June 1823 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of George Edmondson. She married businessman Davis Benson and the couple had three children. Relatively late in life, she wrote a novel From the Lune to the Neva Sixty Years Ago (1879) but did not follow it up. She died on 24 September 1906 in Southport.
References: British Census (1881, 1891); Manchester Courier (25 September 1906); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- From the Lune to the Neva Sixty Years Ago: With Ackworth and "Quaker" Life by the Way. 1 vol. London: Samuel Harris and Co., 1879.