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L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin
1869–1954
Known for bringing Quaker history to life for general readers, this English writer blended careful research with a warm, approachable style. Her best-known book, A Book of Quaker Saints, helped preserve the stories of notable Friends for later generations.
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A Book of Quaker Saints
by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin
About the author
Born in Northumberland in 1869, Lucy Violet Hodgkin came from a long-established Quaker family and was the daughter of the historian Thomas Hodgkin. Archival and biographical sources describe her as a Quaker writer, and later records identify her as Lucy Violet Holdsworth after her marriage.
She is best remembered for A Book of Quaker Saints, a work that remained widely circulated and is still available through major public-domain and library collections. Her writing centered on Quaker lives, faith, and history, and she also delivered the 1919 Swarthmore Lecture under the title Silent Worship: The way of wonder.
Beyond her books, archival records point to journals and travel writings connected with visits to Australia and New Zealand. She died in 1954, leaving a body of work closely tied to Quaker memory, spirituality, and storytelling.