Anna Sewell old Lammas Quaker meeting house. Anna Sewell Anna Sewell (; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist. She is well known as the author of the 1877 novel "Black Beauty," one of the top ten best selling novels for children ever created. Sewell was born on 30 March 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. The children were largely educated at home by
Elizabeth Missing Sewell published, besides those already mentioned, seven tales, of which "Ursula" (1858) is the most important. She wrote also many devotional works such as "Passing Thoughts on Religion" (1860) and schoolbooks. Of the former "Thoughts for Holy Week" (1857) and "Preparation for the Holy Communion" (1864) have been often reprinted, as late as 1907 and 1910 respectively. Her schoolbooks chiefly deal with history, and two volumes of "Historical Selections" (1868) were written in collaboration with Charlotte Yonge. Elizabeth Sewell contributed to the "Monthly Packet". Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author