Born Laurense Tadema, in Brussels. The eldest daughter of the Dutch painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) and his first wife Marie-Pauline Gressin Dumoulin, and born Laurense Tadema, she was an English novelist and poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked in many genres. Her stepmother, Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909) and sister Anna Alma-Tadema (1867–1943) were also noted artists. She was a friend of Polish Pianist and Statesman Paderewski for over 50 years and was joint founder of the Poland and the Polish Victims Relief Fund from 1915-1939 - she received the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Laurence Alma-Tadema lived in 'Fairhaven', Wittersham, Kent, and she involved herself with music and plays with the villagers and their children, and according to Every Woman's Encyclopaedia, going on to construct a building to seat a hundred people, used for musical concerts and plays, which she named "Hall of Happy Hours". She never married and died in a nursing home in London.
She was awarded a CBE in 1918.
Laurence Alma-Tadema lived in 'Fairhaven', Wittersham, Kent, and she involved herself with music and plays with the villagers and their children, and according to Every Woman's Encyclopaedia, going on to construct a building to seat a hundred people, used for musical concerts and plays, which she named "Hall of Happy Hours". She never married and died in a nursing home in London.
She was awarded a CBE in 1918.
Born Laurense Tadema, in Brussels. The eldest daughter of the Dutch painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) and his first wife Marie-Pauline Gressin Dumoulin, and born Laurense Tadema, she was an English novelist and poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked in many genres. Her stepmother, Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909) and sister Anna Alma-Tadema (1867–1943) were also noted artists. She was a friend of Polish Pianist and Statesman Paderewski for over 50 years and was joint founder of the Poland and the Polish Victims Relief Fund from 1915-1939 - she received the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Laurence Alma-Tadema lived in 'Fairhaven', Wittersham, Kent, and she involved herself with music and plays with the villagers and their children, and according to Every Woman's Encyclopaedia, going on to construct a building to seat a hundred people, used for musical concerts and plays, which she named "Hall of Happy Hours". She never married and died in a nursing home in London.
She was awarded a CBE in 1918.
Laurence Alma-Tadema lived in 'Fairhaven', Wittersham, Kent, and she involved herself with music and plays with the villagers and their children, and according to Every Woman's Encyclopaedia, going on to construct a building to seat a hundred people, used for musical concerts and plays, which she named "Hall of Happy Hours". She never married and died in a nursing home in London.
She was awarded a CBE in 1918.
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