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F. Bayford Harrison

A prolific Victorian novelist and compiler, this writer published fiction under the name F. Bayford Harrison while also producing historical and literary works. Her books range from domestic stories to travel writing and a retelling of the French Revolution.

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Littlebourne Lock

Littlebourne Lock

by F. Bayford Harrison

About the author

F. Bayford Harrison was the pen name of Fanny Harrison, a Victorian author born in Westminster on 9 October 1837. According to the Victorian Research At the Circulating Library entry, she was the daughter of surgeon George Harrison and Caroline Pemberton, and she wrote under this alternate name in the late nineteenth century.

Her work was varied. Catalog and library records link F. Bayford Harrison to novels such as Littlebourne Lock and The Ideal Artist, while also showing her as the compiler of Contemporary History of the French Revolution. That mix suggests a writer comfortable with both popular fiction and more educational, historical projects.

Although she is not widely remembered today, her books still survive in major digital libraries and public-domain collections, which has helped keep her work available to new readers. I wasn't able to confirm a reliable portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.