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Annie Barnett

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Annie Barnett
Born
Annie Beeching

(1861-12-12)12 December 1861
Paddington, Middlesex, England
Died (aged 79)
Paddington, London, England
Pen nameMrs. P. A. Barnett
Occupation
  • Writer
  • editor
Education
Period1900–1911
Notable worksDrifting Thistledown (1910)
Spouse
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(m. 1888)​
Children1, including Charis Frankenburg
RelativesHenry Beeching (brother)

Annie Barnett (née Beeching; 12 December 1861 – 1941), also known as Mrs P. A. Barnett, was an English writer and editor who compiled anthologies of prose and verse, including selections for children. She co-authored the epistolary novel Drifting Thistledown (1910). Barnett supported women's suffrage and was the mother of birth control campaigner and writer Charis Frankenburg.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Barnett was born Annie Beeching in Paddington, Middlesex, on 12 December 1861 to James Plummer George Beeching and Harriet Beeching (née Skaife).[1]

Her father worked as a bookseller and her brother was author Henry Beeching, Dean of Norwich. She was educated at North London Collegiate school and later studied at London University.[2]

Career

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Barnett edited a number of books of prose and verse, including works for children.[3] She also co-authored an epistolary novel, Drifting Thistledown.[4] An article about the book was published in The New York Times.[5]

Personal life and death

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Barnett married Percy Arthur Barnett (1858–1941), an educationalist and school inspector, at Hampstead in 1888.[6] They had a son, Denis, who died in the First World War, and a daughter, Charis.[7] Barnett, who was a supporter of women's suffrage took her daughter to hear suffragette speakers in Hyde Park on multiple occasions.[2] Charis later became a writer and an activist for birth control.[2]

Barnett died in Paddington, London, in the second quarter of 1941, aged 79.[8]

Publications

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  • A Little Book of English Prose. London: Methuen & Co. 1900.
  • Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Boys and Girls. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1907.
  • Song and Story: Selections of Verse. A & C Black. 1907.
  • The Children’s Way: A Book of Verses About Children. Selected and arranged by Mrs. P. A. Barnett. London: Jarrold & Sons. 1910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Drifting Thistledown. With another. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • An Anthology of Modern English Prose (1741 to 1892). With Lucy Dale. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1911.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Stories from Hans Andersen. Selected and arranged by Mrs. P. A. Barnett. London: Macmillan & Co. 1911.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

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  1. ^ "Anne Barnett". 1939 England and Wales Register. Ancestry. 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Logan, Anne (8 August 2019), "Frankenburg [née Barnett], Charis Ursula (1892–1985), birth control campaigner and justice of the peace", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.369195, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 17 March 2025{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  3. ^ "'Mrs P. A. Barnett' - Search Results". WorldCat. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Drifting Thistledown by Barnett, P.A., Mrs. And Another: Very Good+ Hardcover (1910) 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s)". AbeBooks. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  5. ^ "'Drifting Thistledown'". The New York Times. 11 June 1910. p. 27. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Marriages Jun 1888: Barnett, Percy Arthur". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Denis Oliver Barnett 30/04/1895 - 16/08/1915". Bedales School. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Deaths Jun 1941: Barnett, Annie". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

Further reading

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