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Grimshaw, Beatrice

▪ Australian writer
born 1871, County Antrim, Ire.
died June 30, 1953, Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia

      Irish-born writer and traveler whose many books deal with her travels and adventures in the South Seas.

      Grimshaw was educated at Victoria College, Belfast; at Pension Retailaud, Caen, France; at the University of Belfast; and at Bedford College, London. She was commissioned by the London Daily Graphic to travel around the world and report her experiences. But she was so attracted by the Pacific islands that the journey was never completed; she settled in Papua in 1907 and became the first white woman to grow tobacco there. She traveled extensively among the islands of the Pacific and the East Indies and made detailed studies of local legends and customs. She wrote more than 33 novels and travel books based on these experiences, of which the best known is the novel The Red Gods Call (1910). Another important novel is The Victorian Family Robinson (1934), and her travel books include From the Fiji to the Cannibal Islands (1907).

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Источник: Grimshaw, Beatrice

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  • guinea gold — noun 1. brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry • Syn: ↑red brass • Hypernyms: ↑brass 2. 22 karat gold from which guinea coins were made • Hypernyms: ↑gold, ↑Au, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • guinea gold vine — noun any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers • Syn: ↑guinea flower • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Hibbertia, ↑genus Hibbertia * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Guinea — Guin ea (g[i^]n [ e]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of England current for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guinea corn — Guinea Guin ea (g[i^]n [ e]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of England… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guinea Current — Guinea Guin ea (g[i^]n [ e]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of England… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guinea dropper — Guinea Guin ea (g[i^]n [ e]), n. 1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named. [1913 Webster] 2. A gold coin of England… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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