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Mrs. Campbell Dauncey
1875–1939
Best known for a lively travel memoir of the Philippines, she wrote with curiosity, strong opinions, and a sharp eye for daily life. Her work captures an English visitor’s view of the islands in the early 1900s.
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An Englishwoman in the Philippines
by Mrs. Campbell Dauncey
About the author
Born Enid Rolanda Gambier in 1875, she became Mrs. Campbell Dauncey after her marriage in 1904. She is chiefly remembered as an English travel writer and magazine contributor.
Her best-known book, An Englishwoman in the Philippines (1906), grew out of letters describing her stay in the Philippine Islands in 1904–05. The book is noted for its vivid first-hand observations of places, customs, and colonial society, and it remains of interest as a personal record of that period.
She died in 1939. Firmly documented personal details beyond her writing career are limited in the sources I could confirm, so her published work remains the clearest window into her life and voice.