Anne taylor biography
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Ann Taylor (poet)
English poet, critic and children's writer, –
Ann Gilbert (née Taylor; 30 January – 20 December ) was an English poet and literary critic. She gained lasting popularity in her youth as a writer of verse for children. In the years up to her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic. However, she is best remembered as the elder sister and collaborator of Jane Taylor.
Family
[edit]The Taylor sisters were part of an extensive literary family, daughters of the engraverIsaac Taylor of Ongar and the writer Ann Taylor.[1] Ann was born in Islington and lived with her family at first in London and later in Lavenham, Suffolk, in Colchester, and briefly in Ongar. The sisters' father, Isaac Taylor, and her grandfather were both engravers. Her father later became an educational pionjär and Independent minister, writing a number of instructional books for the young. Their mother, Mrs (Ann Martin) Taylor (–) wrote seven works of moral and religiou
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Ann Taylor was the daughter of Isaac Taylor. She was born in London on Jan. 30th , her father at that time being engaged in London as an engraver. Subsequently her father became a Congregational Minister and resided first at Colchester, and then at Ongar. In , she was married to the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, Classical and Mathematical Tutor at the Congregational College, Masborough, nära Rotherham, Yorkshire. From Masborough, they passed to Hull, and then to Nottingham where Mr. Gilbert died in Mrs. Gilbert remained in Nottingham, and died there on Dec. 20th.
In addition to contributing hymns to the joint works of herself and her sister, Jane, a few were given in Collyers Collection , signed A. or A.T. In literary excellence Mrs. Gilbert's hymns surpass those of her sister. They are more elevated in style, ornate in character, broader in grasp and better adapted for adults Miss Taylor's hymns are marked by great simplicity and directnessTaken
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Anne Taylor Fleming
Biography
Anne Taylor Fleming is a nationally recognized writer and television commentator. For two decades she was an on-camera essayist for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the author of two works of fiction: Marriage: A Duet and As If Love Were Enough, a deep exploration of family, divorce, infidelity and redemption—a book writer Mark Salzman calls “daring, original, surprising and wise.” Her previous non-fiction book, Motherhood Deferred: A Woman’s Journey, is a passionate exploration of the choices made by women of her baby boom generation. For her TV essays Fleming received a Gracie Allen award given by the American Women in Radio and Television.
Born in Los Angeles to actor parents, Fleming graduated with Highest Honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She began her writing career in the mids with features and essays for Newsweek, The New York Times, Vogue, Redbook and other magazin