Clara Cheeseman (16 July 1852 – 1943) was a novelist from England who emigrated to New Zealand as a child.[1]

Biography

Cheeseman was born in Doncaster, England in 1852 and emigrated to New Zealand with her family, arriving in Auckland on 4 April 1854 on the Artemesia. Her father was Thomas Cheeseman, a Methodist minister who moved the family to New Zealand in the hope that the climate would cure a throat ailment he suffered from. She had four siblings: two brothers, William and Thomas, and two sisters, Emma and Ellen.[1]

Cheeseman's brother Thomas became curator of the Auckland Museum and she, Emma and Ellen accompanied him on field trips.[1]

Cheeseman wrote magazine articles, one of which was published in the Australian Ladies' Annual 1878 and a novel, The Rolling Stone, which was published in 1886.[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thomas Cheeseman (1846-1923) | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Clara Cheeseman | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "4 — Opening Up | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Results - The Library: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2019.


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