Louise Creighton
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Louise Hume Creighton, née
von Glehn (7 July 1850 – 15 April 1936) was a British author of books on historical and socio-political topics and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England
. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton
, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. The couple had seven children. She is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London next to her husband, the Bishop of London
.
She was a daughter of of Robert von Glehn of Sydenham
, London; and a brother of Alfred de Glehn
the French steam locomotive engineer.
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von Glehn (7 July 1850 – 15 April 1936) was a British author of books on historical and socio-political topics and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England
Church of England
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. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton , was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. A scholar of the Renaissance papacy, Creighton was the first occupant of the Dixie Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, a professorship that was established around the time that the study...
, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. The couple had seven children. She is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London next to her husband, the Bishop of London
Bishop of London
The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
.
She was a daughter of of Robert von Glehn of Sydenham
Sydenham
Sydenham is an area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham; although some streets towards Crystal Palace Park, Forest Hill and Penge are outside the ward and in the London Borough of Bromley, and some streets off Sydenham Hill are in the London Borough of Southwark. Sydenham was in...
, London; and a brother of Alfred de Glehn
Alfred de Glehn
Alfred George de Glehn was a notable English-born French designer of steam locomotives, and an engineer at the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques . His steam engines of the 1890s combined elegance, high speed and efficiency...
the French steam locomotive engineer.