BURNETT, FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON (1849 1924), Anglo-American novelist, was born in Manchester, Eng land, Nov. 24, 1849. With her family she moved to Knoxville, (Tenn.), in 1865, marrying in 1873 Dr. L. M. Burnett of Wash ington, whom she divorced in 1898. A prolific writer for children and adults from her girlhood, she first won recognition by her tale of Lancashire life, That Lass o' Lowrie's Other favourites by her were Through One Administration (1883), A Lady of Quality (1896), The Dawn of a To-morrow (1906), The Shuttle (1907), T. Tembarom (1913), and The Head of the House of Coombe (1922), pleasantly romantic stories. Perhaps her most popular creation was the title character of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) , whose charming manners and pictur esque garb provided an uncomfortable model for small boys for a generation. The dramatization of Little Lord Fauntleroy and of Sara Crewe (1888) as The Little Princess made her best known on the stage. She was the author of several plays in two of which she collaborated with her second husband, Stephen Townsend, an English surgeon. She died Oct. 29, 1924, at Plan dome, Long Island.
One I Knew the Best of All (19o4) is autobiographical. See also Vivian Burnett's, The Romantick Lady (1928).