Horatia K. F. Gatty Eden

Born in 1846, Horatia Katharine Frances Gatty Eden was part of the gifted Gatty family: her father was the Rev. Alfred Gatty, and her mother, Margaret Gatty, was a well-known writer. She is associated with literary work as an author and editor, and modern library records also connect her with later correspondence about books and writers.

Her best-known book is Juliana Horatia Ewing and Her Books (1885), a memoir of her sister, the popular children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing. That work helped shape how later readers understood Ewing's life and writing, and it remains one of the clearest windows into the family's literary world.

Horatia Eden also appears in historical records outside publishing. Research on folk dance history notes that she helped Cecil Sharp obtain information about the Grenoside sword dance in 1910, showing her place in the wider cultural networks of her time. She lived a long life, dying in 1945.