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Albinia Lucy Wherry (18 October 1857 – 4 March 1929) was a British nurse〔Sherrington, C. E. R. (July 1975). (Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) ). ''Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London'', 30 (1): 45-63. 〕 and author, best known for her works on the subjects of biography, art, and folklore. She was the oldest daughter of British colonial administrator and linguist Robert Needham Cust and Maria Hobart. She had one sister and two brothers. In 1881, she married surgeon George Edward Wherry〔(Medical News ). ''The British Medical Journal'', 1 (1058): 579-580. Apr. 9, 1881. 〕 and they produced a daughter, Beatrix Albinia, in 1888. Wherry also trained as a nurse at Leicester Infirmary.〔(New Members ). ''The British Journal of Nursing''. July 11, 1908. p. 28.〕 During World War I, Wherry was stationed in Paris in the Women's Emergency Canteen at the Gare du Nord where she supported Allied forces from 1915-1918.〔Kerziouk, Olga (August 11, 2014). (Albinia Lucy Wherry and Russian “knights” on war-time postcard ). European studies blog. British Library. Retrieved September 5, 2014.〕 Wherry is buried in St John the Baptist Churchyard.〔(Albinia Lucy Cust Wherry ). Find a Grave. Retrieved September 5, 2014.〕 Her collected correspondence is archived by the University of Florida;〔(A Guide to the Albinia Lucy Cust Wherry Correspondence ). University of Florida Smathers Libraries. Special and Area Studies Collections. November 2004. Retrieved September 5, 2014.〕 additional work is found in the Wherry Collection at the British Library.〔 ==Publications== *''The Albinia Book'' (1929) *''Chronicles of Erthig on the Dyke'' (1914) *''Daniel Defoe'' (1905) *''Turner'' (1903) *''Stories of the Tuscan Artists'' (1901) *''Greek sculpture with Story and Song'' (1898) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albinia Wherry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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