Bella Sidney Woolf

Bella Sidney Woolf OBE (* in December 1877 in London, England; † in December 1960) was a British author. She was the sister of Leonard Woolf and married her second marriage to Thomas Southorn. She is also known as Bella Sidney Woolf Southorn, Mrs. WT Southorn, Mrs. HR Lock and Lady Southorn.

Life

Woolf was one of ten brothers and their parents Marie ( nee de Jongh ) and Solomon Rees Sydney, a Jewish barrister, who died in 1892.

The end of 1907 she traveled to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon ) to visit her brother Leonard Woolf, who was stationed at the Ceylon Civil Service in Kandy. In the following months, she met the deputy director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sri Lanka Robert Heath Lock know. They married either already at that time, or, what is more likely later in 1910. In August 1908, she returned in any case together with her brother to England, who accepted shortly after promotion to agents of the law enforcement agency of Hambantota.

In 1921 she married at the age of about 44 years for the second time and became the wife of Thomas Southorn, whom she had previously met in Sri Lanka on her brother. From this time, she sometimes used the name Bella Woolf Southorn, sometimes Bella Sidney Southorn. However, your books continued to appear under her original name Bella Sidney Woolf.

She enjoyed her life as a wife of a member of the Colonial Civil Service to the fullest and was fascinated by the many different places where they could live. This also affected their books that came both from the field of fiction as well as the guide.

During her time in Hong Kong, she was charitable works and was among others, from 1926 to 1936 represented the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association. 1935 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire ( OBE).

Activity as a writer

Woolf wrote both fictional and non- fictional texts. In both they brought their experiences that could collect in various British colonies due to the many dislocations of her husband. This resulted in stories and novels, but also guide on local conditions, customs and inhabitants. They also wrote about current events.

Her work How To See Ceylon appeared in 1914 and contained their experience through jointly conducted with her husband trips by car, " the sunny streets of Ceylon along ". It is now regarded as the first guide in paperback format on the island. Three more editions followed in 1922, 1924 and 1929. During 1936 Tom was governor of Gambia, she wrote a detailed look at the history of the small West African territory.

Her approach was very liberal for the time. She saw a value in the cultures that comprised the British Empire, and was concerned about the erosion, she noticed with them. So she wrote about Ceylon: " It is regrettable that so many Native accept the British clothing style and overlook the fact that it destroys all their individuality and their oriental grace. "

Woolf also wrote children's books, all of which are also based on their experience from overseas. Especially popular were The Twins in Ceylon and its sequels.

Significant Publications

  • Bella Sidney Woolf: Jerry and Joe. A tale of the two Jubilees. With illustrations by H. C. Preston Macgoun. Oliphant & Co., Edinburgh, London, 1897.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: All in a castle fair. Cassell & Co., London, New York, 1900.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf, Frances Ewan: Dear sweet Anne. or, The mysterious veres. Collins ' Clear -Type Press, London, Glasgow 19 -.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf, Rosa C. Petherick: Golden house. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London 1920? and 1924.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: The twins in Ceylon. Duckworth, London 1909 ( ditto sequel More about the twins in Ceylon (London, 1911 ) ).
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: How to see Ceylon. Times of Ceylon Co., Fort Colombo in 1929 ( 1st edition 1914, ..., 4th Edition 1929).
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: Right against might also. the great war of 1914. W. Heffer, Cambridge 1914 ( Partial reprint from the observer Walsall and South Staffordshire chronicle ).
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: Eastern Star Dust. The Times of Ceylon Company, Ltd.. , Colombo 1922.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf, PB Hickling: The Strange Little Girl. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1922.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: Little Miss Prue. In: Velhagen & Klasing's collection of French and English education spending. English authors. 131 Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld, Leipzig, 1925 ( English Original London, 1907. ).
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: Chips of China. Kelly & Walsh, Hong Kong 1930.
  • Bella Sidney Woolf: From Groves of Palm. W. Heffer, Cambridge, 1924.
  • R. H. Lock; L. Doncaster; Bella Sidney Woolf: Recent progress in the study of variation, heredity and evolution. Biographical note by Bella Sidney Woolf ( Mrs. RH Lock). London 1916 ( reprint Pranava Books 2009).
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