Katherine bradley biography

Collective pseudonym for Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper

For the American food writer, see Michael Field (food writer).

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of the English authors Katherine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913).

As Field, they wrote around 40 works together, and a long journal Works and Days.

Katherine bradley biography

Their intention was to keep the pen-name secret, but it became public knowledge, not long after they had confided in their friend Robert Browning.

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Katherine Bradley was born on 27 October 1846 in Birmingham, England, the daughter of Charles Bradley, a tobacco manufacturer, and Emma (née Harris).

Her grandfather, also Charles Bradley, was a prominent follower and financial backer of prophetess Joanna Southcott and her self-styled successor John "Zion" Ward.^[1] She attended lectu