Thomas adolphus trollope biography wife

Thomas Adolphus Trollope 29 April — 11 November was an English writer who was the author of more than 60 books. He lived most of his life in Italy creating a renowned villa in Florence with his first wife, Theodosia , and later another centre of British society in Rome with his second wife, the novelist Frances Eleanor Trollope.

His mother, brother and both wives were known as writers. A younger brother was Anthony Trollope , the novelist. He was educated at Harrow School and Winchester College.

Trollope married twice: his first wife was the writer Theodosia Garrow who was staying with his mother, Fanny Trollope, in Florence.

He first started writing before he went to Oxford University after a trip to New York with his father. They travelled to Italy, which gave rise to some of the material for the 60 volumes of travel writing, history and fiction that he wrote that decade. This was in addition to a large amount of periodical and journalistic work. Trollope married twice: his first wife was the writer Theodosia Garrow [ 3 ] who was staying with his mother, Fanny Trollope , in Florence.

Their home was visited by travelling British intelligentsia as well as by leading Italian nationalist figures. Their new villa was bought in part with Theodosia's inheritance.

After the death of his mother in and Theodosia Trollope in , Thomas Adolphus Trollope married.

The Trollopes' daughter played with Pen , the son of Robert and Elizabeth Browning , when they too became part of the Anglophone society in Comparisons of the two households showed the Browning household as more intense, with the Trollopes more carefree. His second wife was the novelist Frances Eleanor Ternan , whom he married on 29 October they then lived at the Villa Ricorboli.

He died at Clifton , near Bristol , on 11 November His memoirs, What I Remember , were published in three volumes between vols.