About Ida Lee
Lived 1865 – 1943 (aged 78). Ida Lee was an Australian historian and poet.
Ida Louisa Lee (11 February 1865 — 3 October 1943), historian and poet, was born at Kelso, New South Wales. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in 1914 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society (Hon. FRAHS). Lee wrote a number of historical texts, some of which contain previously unpublished material.
Lee was the third child of grazier and politician, George Lee, and Louisa (née Kite). On a visit to England, Lee married Charles John Bruce Marriott (1861–1936) on 14 October 1891 at the parish church, Felixstowe, Suffolk. The Logbooks of the 'Lady Nelson''' (1915) Captain Bligh's Second Voyage to the South Sea (1920) Early Explorers in Australia (1925) The Voyage of the 'Caroline' from England to Van Dieman's Land and Batavia (1927)
Poetry Songs and Verse (189?) The Bush Fire and Other Verses (1897)
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Who was Ida Lee?
Australian historian and poet (1865 - 1943)
When was Ida Lee born?
Ida Lee was born on 11 February 1865 in Kelso.
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Ida Lee died on 3 October 1943 in Norwich.
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Ida Lee was a historian and poet.
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Ida Lee was Australian.
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