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Eminent writer and Class of 1939 Polished Corner Elisabeth Russell Taylor dies ages 90

Francis Holland pupil and writer Elisabeth Russell Taylor (Lewsen) authored six books, two of which became Virago Modern Classics. She left school in 1939, and died in September aged 90 years.

 

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