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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.
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 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…”). A granddaughter of Charles Darwin, she was educated at home. Her first book.
Francis Macdonald Cornford (27 de febrero de 1874 - 3 de enero de 1943) fue un filólogo clásico y poeta inglés. Fue miembro del Trinity College desde 1899, donde ocupó una cátedra desde 1902.
Frances Cornford’s ‘Childhood‘ presents the moment in which a child’s innocence is threatened by the realization that aging is both inevitable and present before their eyes. Cornford thereby uses the poem to explore ideas around innocence and its eventual decline.
Frances Darwin Cornford, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, was a prominent figure in early 20th century British poetry. Her work continues to be studied and appreciated today for its directness of language and unflinching portrayal of everyday life.
Francis M. Cornford (1874-1943) ha sido uno de los mayores expertos en pensamiento y cultura griega clásica. Fue un ilustre profesor de Filosofía en el Trinity College de la Universidad de Cambridge a lo largo de varias décadas y en 1931 fue nombrado miembro de la Academia Británica.
