Sarah Sharp Hamer
Sarah Sharp Hamer | |
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| Born | Sarah Sharp Heaton August 25, 1839 Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1927 (aged 87–88) |
| Pen name | Phillis Browne, Phyllis Browne, Olive Patch |
| 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. 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), 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.