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Frances Crofts Cornford (née Darwin; 30 March 1886 – 19 August 1960) was an English poet. Biography. She was the daughter of the botanist Francis Darwin and Newnham College fellow Ellen Wordsworth Crofts (1856–1903), and born into the Darwin—Wedgwood family. She was a granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.
Frances Cornford (born March 30, 1886, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England—died August 19, 1960, Cambridge) was an English poet, perhaps known chiefly, and unfairly, for the sadly comic poem “ To a Fat Lady Seen from a Train” (“O fat white woman whom nobody loves, / Why do you walk through the fields in gloves…”).
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Francis Macdonald Cornford FBA (27 February 1874 – 3 January 1943) was an English classical scholar and translator known for work on ancient philosophy, notably Plato, Parmenides, Thucydides, and ancient Greek religion. Frances Cornford, his wife, was a noted poet.
Learn about Frances Cornford, an English poet who wrote 'Childhood', a poem about losing innocence and growing old. Explore the poem's context, analysis, themes, and similar poetry.
A biography and poems by Frances Cornford, a British poet and granddaughter of Charles Darwin. Learn about her life, works, awards, and legacy in this online archive.
Frances Cornford. (1886—1960) poet. Quick Reference. (1886–1960), poet, mother of John Cornford. She is best known for her triolet ‘To a Fat Lady Seen from a Train’, with its curiously memorable though undistinguished lines ‘O why do you walk through the fields in gloves, | Missing so much and so much? | O fat white woman whom nobody loves’.
Frances Cornford was the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. She was born in 1886 and is remembered today for her poetry. She published several books of poetry, including Autumn Midnight and Different Days. She died on August 19th, 1960.
