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Frances Crofts Cornford (née Darwin; 30 March 1886 – 19 August 1960) was an English poet; because of the similarity of her Christian name and her husband's, she was known to her family before her marriage as "FCD" and after her marriage as "FCC" and her husband Francis Cornford was known as "FMC". Her father Sir Francis Darwin, a son of Charles Darwin, yet another 'Francis', was known to their family as "Frank", or as "Uncle Frank". ==Life== She was the daughter of the botanist Francis Darwin and Newnham College fellow Ellen Wordsworth Crofts (1856-1903), and born into the Darwin — Wedgwood family. She was a granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin. Her elder half-brother was the golf writer Bernard Darwin. She was raised in Cambridge, among a dense social network of aunts, uncles, and cousins, and was educated privately.〔''Period Piece'', a memoir by Frances Cornford's first cousin and close friend, Gwen Raverat, sheds much light on Cornford's childhood.〕 In 1909, Frances Darwin married Francis Cornford, a classicist and poet. They had 5 children: * Helena Cornford (1913-1996); married Dr Joseph L. Henderson〔http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/us/04henderson.html?_r=0〕 in 1934. *John Cornford (1915–1936), a poet and Communist who was killed in the Spanish Civil War. *Christopher Cornford (1917–1993), an artist and writer * Hugh Wordsworth Cornford (1921-1997), medical doctor〔(Flora Bridge · Barrie Alfred Ernest Chapman · Amiya Kumar Chatterjee · Hugh Wordsworth Cornford... - Europe PMC Article - Europe PubMed Central )〕 * Ruth Clare (1924-1992); married Cecil Hall Chapman, the son of Sydney Chapman in 1947.〔Marriages ''The Times'', Friday, Apr 11, 1947; pg. 1; Issue 50732; col A〕 She was the mother of Matthew Chapman She is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge,〔A Guide to Churchill College, Cambridge: text by Dr. Mark Goldie, pages 62 and 63 (2009)〕 where she is in the same grave as her father Sir Francis Darwin. Her mother Ellen Wordsworth Darwin, née Crofts, is buried in St. Andrews Church's churchyard in Girton, Cambridgeshire. Her late husband, Francis, was cremated at Cambridge Crematorium on 6 January 1943. 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「Frances Cornford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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