Agnes Grainger Stewart

Agnes Grainger Stewart (1871-1956) was a Scottish writer.

Life

Agnes Grainger Stewart's grave, Dean Cemetery

She was born in Edinburgh on 26 April 1871. Her father was Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, an eminent physician, and her mother was Jessy Dingwall Fordyce McDonald.[1] They lived at 32 Queen Street in Edinburgh's First New Town.[2]

Her only published work appears to be The Academic Gregories (1901). The Gregories dealt with in this book include: John Gregory, James Gregory, William Gregory, etc. In all, the book outlines the lives of twelve Gregories from 1638–1858. Otherwise she seems to have led a sheltered life, presumably in charge of the Stewart household: later at 19 Charlotte Square in Edinburgh.

She died in Edinburgh on 25 September 1956, aged 85.[3] She is buried with her parents in Dean Cemetery.

Selected works

The Academic Gregories, Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1901, ("Famous Scots Series")

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References

Births and deaths information available at the General Register Office for Scotland, Scotlands People Centre in Edinburgh, and also at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1871
Births and deaths information as above.

External links

Works by Agnes Grainger Stewart at Project Gutenberg

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[1] Births and deaths information available at the General Register Office for Scotland, Scotlands People Centre in Edinburgh, and also at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk

[2] Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1871

[3] Births and deaths information as above.