The George Eliot School writers of the Victorian era. The George Eliot School The George Eliot School is a mixed secondary school located in Nuneaton in the English county of Warwickshire. The school was established in September 1961, and became a foundation school in September 2009 in partnership with North Warwickshire and Hinckley College. In September 2011 the school converted to academy status and is now part of the Midland Academies Trust. The school is named after George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819 – 1880). Evans was novelist, journalist and translator who was born in Nuneaton, and is considered to
Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell Hansell. Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell Eliza P. Evans-Hansell (pen names, Esta Brook, Aunt Nabby, Mrs. Peleg Newsby, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans; August 27, 1836 - March 20, 1922) was an American novelist and short-story writer from Massachusetts. Under the pen name of "Aunt Nabby", she wrote articles with dialect humor in the columns of the "Boston Commonwealth" and other newspapers, before aggregating the stories into an illustrated volume. Evans-Hansell was interested in historical and genealogical research. Eliza "Lizzie" Phelps Estabrook was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on August 27, 1836 (or August 27, 1846). She was the youngest daughter of Captain Endor