Sara Jeannette Duncan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Canadian journalist and writer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1861

Place of Birth: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1922

Profession: writer, journalist, travel writer, novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sara Jeannette Duncan (22 December 1861 – 22 July 1922) was a Canadian author and journalist, who also published as Mrs.
Everard Cotes among other names.
First trained as a teacher in a normal school, she took to poetry early in life and after a brief teaching period worked as a travel writer for Canadian newspapers and a columnist for the Toronto Globe.
Afterward she wrote for the Washington Post where she was put in charge of the current literature section.
Later she made a journey to India and married an Anglo-Indian civil servant thereafter dividing her time between England and India.
She wrote 22 works of fiction, many with international themes and settings.
Her novels met with mixed acclaim and are rarely read today.
In 2016, she was named a National Historic Person on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.