Kitty Cordeux

British activist and novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kate "Kitty" Marion Cordeux (1862 – 6 October 1962) was a British novelist. She wrote three novels in the 19th century under the name Daniel Dormer and three under her own name in the 20th century.[1]

Born1862 Edit this on Wikidata
Westbury-on-Trym Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 October 1962 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 99–100)
Watford Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationActivist, novelist Edit this on Wikidata
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Kitty Cordeux
Born1862 Edit this on Wikidata
Westbury-on-Trym Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 October 1962 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 99–100)
Watford Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationActivist, novelist Edit this on Wikidata
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Life and career

Kitty Cordeux was born in 1862 in Westbury-on-Trym, the daughter of John Cordeux, a draper.[1]

In 1926, she began a persistent letter-writing campaign urging the BBC to broadcast daily Christian religious services on the radio. The result was The Daily Service, beginning in 1928 and continuing to the present day. Her campaign was documented in the BBC Radio 4 documentary The Lady Behind the Daily Service (2005).[2]

Death

Cordeux died on 6 October 1962 in Watford.[1][3]

Bibliography

  • Out of the Mists.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1886.[1]
  • The Mesmerist's Secret.  1 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1888.[1]
  • Steven Vigil.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.[1]
  • The Romance of Mary the Blessed. Mowbray, 1917.[4]
  • The King's Tryst. Robert Scott, 1930.[4]
  • A Garland for Ashes. Skeffington, 1930.[4]

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