Sarah Sharp Hamer
Sarah Sharp Hamer
Sarah Sharp Hamer | |
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| Born | Sarah Sharp Heaton August 25, 1839 Yorkshire, Leeds, England |
| Died | 1927 (aged 87–88) |
| Pen name | Phillis Browne, Phyllis Browne, Olive Patch |
| Home town | Yorkshire |
| Period | 19th century |
| Genres | home-economics, history, and children’s literature |
| Spouse | John Hamer (m. 1861) |
| Children | 6, incl. Sam H. Hamer, Margaret Hamer |
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Sarah Sharp Hamer was a 19th century novelist from Yorkshire, England who wrote in several different genres, including home-economics, history, and children’s literature.[1][2] Hamer wrote more than a dozen books under three different pen names including What Girls Can Do (Phillis Browne), Mrs. Somerville and Mary Carpenter (Phyllis Browne)[2], and Happy Little People (Olive Patch). Her son, Sam Hield Hamer, was also a notable children's author.
See below section "List of Books" for the full list of her works written under all her pseudonyms.
Early Childhood
Sarah Sharp (Heaton) Hamer was born on August 25th, 1839 in Yorkshire, Leeds, England[3]. According to a census in 1851[4] and other records, Sarah was born to parents John Heaton (1802-1866)[5] and Rachel Aspin (1806-1868)[6] and was one of five children in the family.[6] However, baptismal records show that Sarah’s mother is a woman named Elizabeth Heaton[7]. Sarah Sharp Heaton was baptized at St. Peter’s in Leeds, England on September 15th, 1839. Not much is known about Sarah Heaton as a child, her siblings, or her parents. Legal documentation states that that John Heaton, Sarah’s father was a bookseller, which may have had an impact on Sarah’s career choice[8]
Marriage and Adult Life
Sarah Sharp Hamer was married at the Camden Road Baptist Chapel in London on July 25, 1861 to John Hamer[9], who was an Englishman born in 1837[10]. The couple had six children and lived in District 9 of St. Pancras, London, England in 1881[11]. Two of their children followed in their parents’ footsteps and were also authors, editors, and publishers.[1][12]. As a writer, Hamer published most if not all of her works through Cassell and Company[1], a publishing firm that has since been bought by Orion Publishing[13]. Where, when, and how she died is unknown.
Publications and Legacy
Sarah Hamer continued to write and publish novels throughout her lifetime. Hamer wrote largely for young girls, specifically in the areas of home economics and natural history. Her book The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts[14] (under the pseudonym Phillis Browne) was notable for helping set the trend of establishing breakfast as a necessary third meal of the day, as well as popularizing many common English breakfast foods. According to Kaori O'Connor "Early English cookbooks have recipes for lunch and for dinner, but no recipes at all for breakfast. Large breakfasts do not figure in English life or cookbooks until the nineteenth century, when they appear with dramatic suddenness."[15] Food culture and "national" cuisines are often considered major elements of national identity and considered "sensitive barometers of both change and fundamental values" for a society[15]. Hamer, along with other women writing instructional and scientific books for children, "were excluded from practicing as scientists, and thus from demonstrably adding new knowledge to the world; still, they were deeply invested in making science comprehensible and available to readers" [16]
Notable Children
Sam H. Hamer began his career by editing the Little Folks Magazine[17], for Cassell and Company[1]. After he worked as an editor, Sam Hamer wrote numerous books including The Dolomites,[18] Sunlight and Shade, and Stories and Pictures for Sundays[19]. For his writing, Sam Hamer even used a pen name for some of his works, just like his mother---Sam Browne.
The other writer in the family was Margaret Hamer, who wrote under the pen name Maggie Browne and published Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat [20]which was illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Chats about Germany, Little Mothers and their Children, and Wandering Ways[12].
List of Books
- Mrs. Somerville and Mary Carpenter (Phyllis Browne)
- Sunny Spain: Its People and Places, With Glimpses of Its History (Olive Patch)
- Happy Little People(Olive Patch)
- Christmas Frolic and Fun (Olive Patch)
- A Parcel of Children With Some Account of their Doings (Olive Patch)
- Our Darlings and their Pets (Olive Patch)
- Diet and Cookery for Common Ailments (Phillis Browne)
- The Girl’s Own Cooking Book (Phillis Browne)
- Myself and My Friends (Phillis Browne)
- The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts (Phillis Browne)
- Common-Sense Housekeeping (Phillis Browne)
- A year’s cookery. Giving Dishes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, for Every Day in the Year, Practical Instructions for the Preparation (Phillis Browne)
- What Girls can Do: A Book for Mothers and Daughters (Phillis Browne)
- Field Friends and Forest Foes(Phillis Browne)
- Familiar Friends (Olive Patch)
- Talks with Mothers: On the Home Training of Children (Phillis Browne)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "show". householdbooks.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browne, Phillis 1839-1927". WorldCat. 2010.
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 (West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP68/3A/11). Ancestry.com. Leeds, England: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Original data - Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service. 2011. Search this book on
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ The British Baptist Reporter and Missionary Intelligencer. Simpkin, Marshall, & Company. 1861. Search this book on
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "C19 Index - Information Site". c19index.chadwyck.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "Cassell Publishing". Curiosmith. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Browne, Phillis; University of Leeds. Library (1898). The dictionary of dainty breakfasts. University of Leeds Library. London ; Paris, [etc.] : Cassell & Co., ltd. Search this book on
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 O'Connor, Kaori (2013-09-26). The English Breakfast: The Biography of a National Meal, with Recipes. A&C Black. ISBN 9780857854919. Search this book on
- ↑ "Guiding Science: Publications by Women in the Romantic and Victorian Ages". https://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/guidingscience/Index.aspx. University of Florida Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature. Archived from the original on
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- ↑ Hamer, Sam Hield (1910). The Dolomites. John Lane Company. Search this book on
- ↑ "C19 Index - Information Site". c19index.chadwyck.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Browne, Maggie (1897.). Two old ladies, two foolish fairies and a tom cat :the surprising adventures of Tuppy and Tue /. London ;. hdl:2027/mdp.39015091526155. Check date values in:
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