E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton

Born in 1870, Ethel Mary Wilmot-Buxton was an English author, translator, and schoolteacher. She studied at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and is noted for founding the Marsh Marigold Tramp Club there in 1894, a group created for annual walking tours in the countryside.

Her writing ranges across history, legend, and religion, often with younger readers in mind. Books associated with her include retellings and introductions to subjects such as the Crusades, early England, Norse stories, and old French romance, showing a clear talent for making the distant past feel vivid and readable.

She was also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, which fits the strong historical thread running through her work. Wilmot-Buxton died in 1923, but her books have continued to circulate through public-domain and library collections.