Emilia Aylmer Blake, also known as Emilia Aylmer Gowing, (1846–1905) was a British
dramatist, novelist and poet.
Blake was born in
Bath, Somerset, England, the daughter of a
Dublin lawyer. She was educated in England and France.[1] She became known for her recitations and her poetry written for recitation, including her dramatic poem about heroine
Alice Ayres. In 1877, Blake married actor
William Gowing.[1]
Works
France Discrowned and other poems, Chapman and Hall, London, (1874)