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Farningham, Marianne

Pseudonym of UK author Marianne Hearn (1834-1909), most of whose work was on religious themes; her sf novel, Nineteen Hundred?: A Forecast and a Story (1892), sets pious speculations of the role of Religion into a Near Future Britain, where Christians defeat anarchism by their good example. [JC]

Mary Ann Hearn

born Farningham, Kent: 17 December 1834

died Barmouth, Wales: 16 March 1909

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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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