Author: Eliza Mumford
Author: Eliza Mumford (1818–1884)
Alternate Name(s): Lillie (pseudonym); Lillie Montfort (pseudonym)
Biography: Eliza Mumford was born in 1818 in Hayes, Kent, the daughter of postmaster and stationer William Mumford and his wife Sarah. She lived in Bromley where she served as a Sunday school teacher, first for a Congregational chapel then the Methodists. She later turned her hand to fiction, writing under the pseudonyms "Lillie" or "Lillie Montford." She never married and died on 3 February 1884 in Bromley.
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References: Boase; British Census (1841, 1861, 1881); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Aunt Mabel: A Tale for the Young. 1 vol. London: William E. Long, 1867.
- Incidents in my Sunday-School Life: or, Short Chapters for Teachers and Scholars. 1 vol. London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873.
- Maude Linden: or, Work for Jesus. 1 vol. London: Elliot Stock, 1873.
- Broken Purposes: or, The Good Time Coming. 1 vol. London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1878.
- The Meadow Daisy. 1 vol. London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1878.
- Luther Miller's Ambition, and How It was Gratified. 1 vol. London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1883.