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Stanley, Dorothy

(1855-1926) UK painter who worked as Dorothy Tennant and author, married to the explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904). In her World War One novel, Miss Pym's Camouflage (1918), an essentially fantasy device – Invisibility at will, without any explanation – is applied with considerable wit as Miss Perdita Pym demonstrates her powers to the War Office (see Women in SF), is sent as a spy to Germany, engages in various adventures, and returns with valuable secrets. [JC]

Lady Dorothy Tennant Stanley

born London: 5 October 1855

died London: 5 October 1926

works (selected)

• Miss Pym's Camouflage (London: Hutchinson and Company, 1918) [hb/uncredited]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 12:36 pm on 7 March 2026.
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