Emilia Aylmer Blake, also known as Emilia Aylmer Gowing, (1846–1905) was a British dramatist, novelist and poet.
Blake was born in Bath, Somerset, England, the daughter of a Dublin lawyer. She was educated in England and France. She became known for her recitations and her poetry written for recitation, including her dramatic poem about heroine Alice Ayres. In 1877, Blake married actor William Gowing.
Works
France Discrowned and other poems, Chapman and Hall, London, (1874) The Jewel Reputation My Only Love (1880) The Cithern Poems for Recitation (1886) An Unruly Spirit, V.F. White, London. (1890) Boadicea, a play in four acts, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, (1899)
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1846 births
1905 deaths
Writers from Bath, Somerset
English women dramatists and playwrights
English women novelists
English women poets
19th-century English poets
19th-century English novelists
19th-century English dramatists and playwrights
19th-century English women writers
