Autor: Margaret L. Woods

Margaret Louisa Woods (1855-1945) was an English author known for her novels and poetry. As the daughter of a famed scholar, Woods and her sister, Mabel Birchenough, who was also a writer, received a quality education to nurture their writing career. In 1879, she married Henry George Woods, who later became the President of Trinity College in Oxford and was elected the Master of the Temple, a high honor. The couple had one child. Woods wrote for many different genres, including nonfiction, children’s literature, fiction, and poetry. Her poem Genuis Loci is considered to be among the most influential and popular poems of her time.