Mary Webb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Webb

English writer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1881

Place of Birth: Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1927

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew.
Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film Gone to Earth in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
The novels are thought to have inspired the famous parody Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons.