L. S. (Louisa Sarah) Bevington

Born in Battersea in 1845, she was an English poet, essayist, and later an anarchist writer. Reliable sources agree that she published poetry early, wrote under the pseudonym Arbor Leigh, and became known for combining literary work with outspoken criticism of religious and social orthodoxies.

In the 1880s, her life shifted in both personal and political ways. She married the Munich artist Ignatz Guggenberger, though the marriage did not last, and she became increasingly associated with freethought and anarchist circles. By the end of her life, she was remembered not only for her poems and essays, but also for the seriousness of her political commitments.

She died in 1895. The continued attention to her work comes partly from that unusual blend of lyric writing, intellectual independence, and radical conviction, which gives her a distinct place among late Victorian voices.