Ida Lee | |
Honorific Suffix: | FRAHS |
Birth Name: | Ida Louisa Lee |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1865 |
Birth Place: | Kelso, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
Occupation: | Historian and poet |
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Notable Works: | Commodore Sir John Hayes, his Voyage and Life (1912) |
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Relatives: | George Lee (father) |
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[1] 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 Lee wrote a number of historical texts, some of which contain previously unpublished material.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.