• Source: Charlotte Cameron

      • Charlotte Cameron (née Wales-Almy, 1869/1872 or 1873 – 9 December 1946) was an American traveller and author.


      Biography


      Cameron was the daughter of Frances (Fanny) Sisson Faulkner, a suffragette (1847-1920) and Jacob Wales-Almy, a captain in the Royal Navy (1838 - 1919). She was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.
      Cameron travelled extensively and wrote about her travels. She travelled to Scotland in 1893, and in 1904 travelled as a companion to a wealthy Englishwoman. In 1918 she visited her mother in Portsmouth and gave public talks about her travels. In 1921 she visited Australia.
      Cameron was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1913 and received the Order of the British Empire following the First World War.
      Cameron died on 9 December 1946 in London, England.


      Personal life


      Cameron had two marriages: first to Major Donald Cameron (d before 1901). Her second husband was Auguste Ernest George Jacquemard de Landresse (b. 1872/3); they married on 29 May 1901 and divorced in 1905.


      Publications


      Cameron, C. (1911). A passion in Morocco. A novel. Stanley Paul & Co: London.
      Cameron, C. (1912). A woman's winter in South America. Boston: Small, Maynard.
      Cameron, C. (1912). A Durbar bride. London: Stanley Paul.
      Cameron, C. W.-A. (1913). A woman's winter in Africa: A 26,000 mile journey. London: S. Paul & Co.
      Cameron, C. (1916). Zenia: Spy in Togoland. London: T. Werner Laurie.
      Cameron, C. (1920). A cheechako in Alaska and Yukon. London: T. FisherUnwin.
      Cameron, C. (1923). Two Years in Southern seas, by Charlotte Cameron. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
      Cameron, C. (1924). Wandering in South-Eastern seas, by Charlotte Cameron. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
      Cameron, C. (1925). Mexico in revolution, an account of an English woman's experiences & adventures in the land of revolution. London: Seeley, Service & Co.


      References

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: