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Mary Augusta Ward ''née'' Arnold; (11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920), was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.〔Gwynn, Stephen (1917). (''Mrs. Humphry Ward'' ). New York: Henry Holt and Company.〕 ==Early life== Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, into a prominent intellectual family of writers and educationalists.〔McGill, Anna Blanche (1901). ("The Arnolds," ) ''The Book Buyer,'' Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 373–380.〕〔McGill, Anna Blanche (1901). ("Some Famous Literary Clans. IV. The Arnolds Concluded," ) ''The Book Buyer,'' Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 459–466.〕〔Sutherland, John (1991). ''Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian''. Oxford University Press.〕 Mary was the daughter of Tom Arnold, a professor of literature, and Julia Sorrell. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold and her grandfather Thomas Arnold,〔Stewart, Herbert L. (1920). ("Mrs. Humphry Ward," ) ''The University Magazine,'' Vol. XIX, No. 2, pp. 193–207.〕 the famous headmaster of Rugby School.〔Trevor, Meriol (1973). ''The Arnolds: Thomas Arnold and his Family''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.〕 Her sister Julia married Leonard Huxley, the son of Thomas Huxley, and their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley.〔Harris, Muriel (1920). ("Mrs. Humphry Ward," ) ''The North American Review'', Vol. 211, No. 775, p. 818.〕 The Arnolds and the Huxleys were an important influence on British intellectual life. Mary's father Tom Arnold was appointed inspector of schools in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and commenced his role on 15 January 1850.〔 〕 Tom Arnold was received into the Roman Catholic Church on 12 January 1856, which made him so unpopular in his job (and with his wife) that he resigned and left for England with his family in July 1856.〔 Mary Arnold had her fifth birthday the month before they left, and had no further connection with Tasmania. Tom Arnold was ratified as chair of English literature at the contemplated Catholic university, Dublin, after some delay. Mary spent much of her time with her grandmother. She was educated at various boarding schools (from ages 11 to 15, in Shifnal, Shropshire) and at 16 returned to live with her parents at Oxford, where her father had a lecturership in history.〔Jones, Enid Huws (1973). ''Mrs Humphry Ward''. London: Heinemann.〕 Her schooldays formed the basis for one of her later novels, ''Marcella'' (1894).〔Johnson, Lionel Pigot (1921). ("Mrs. Humphry Ward: Marcella," ) in ''Reviews & Critical Papers''. London: Elkin Mathews.〕 On 6 April 1872, not yet 21 years old, Mary married Humphry Ward, a fellow and tutor of Brasenose College, and also a writer and editor. For the next nine years she continued to live at Oxford, at 17 Bradmore Road, where she is commemorated by a blue plaque.〔http://www.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/ward.html〕 She had by now made herself familiar with French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek. She was developing an interest in social and educational service and making tentative efforts at literature. She added Spanish to her languages, and in 1877 undertook the writing of a large number of the lives of early Spanish ecclesiastics for the ''Dictionary of Christian Biography'' edited by Dr William Smith and Dr. Henry Wace.〔Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition〕 Her translation of Amiel's ''Journal'' appeared in 1885. 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「Mary Augusta Ward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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