Elizabeth Anna Hart

Elizabeth Anna Hart
Elizabeth Anna Hart
Born
Elizabeth Anna Smedley

1822 (1822)
London, England
Died1890 (aged 67–68)
OccupationPoet, writer
NationalityBritish
GenrePoetry, Children's Literature

Elizabeth Anna Hart, née Smedley (1822–1890), was a British poet and novelist born in London. She was a cousin of Lewis Carroll's through her aunt, Lucy Dodgson née Hume, who was Carroll's grandmother. Hart wrote children's poetry with her sister Menella Bute Smedley as well as novels, including Mrs. Jerningham's Journal and The Runaway.