Gwendolen Raverat
| Gwen Raverat | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gwendolen Mary Darwin 26 August 1885 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 11 February 1957 (aged 71) Cambridge, England |
| Resting place | Trumpington Extension Cemetery, Cambridge |
| Residence | Newnham Grange, Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Occupation | Wood Engraver |
| Years active | 1911–1951 |
| Notable work | Period Piece (autobiography) |
| Spouse(s) | Jacques Raverat (m. 1911–1925) |
| Children | Elisabeth (1916-2014) Sophie Jane (1919 - 2011) |
| Parent(s) |
George Darwin Maud du Puy |
| Relatives | Darwin–Wedgwood family |
Gwen Mary Raverat (26 August 1885 – 11 February 1957), née Darwin, was an English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her memoir Period Piece was published in 1952.
Gwen Mary Darwin was born in Cambridge in 1885; she was the daughter of Sir George Howard Darwin and his wife Maud, Lady Darwin, née Maud du Puy. She was the granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin and first cousin of the poet Frances Cornford, née Darwin.
She married the French painter Jacques Raverat in 1911. They were active in the Bloomsbury Group and Rupert Brooke's Neo-Pagan group until they moved to the south of France, where they lived in Vence, near Nice, until his death from multiple sclerosis in 1925. They had two daughters: Elisabeth (1916-2014), who married the Norwegian politician Edvard Hambro, and Sophie Jane (1919-2011), who married the Cambridge scholar M.G.M. Pryor and later Charles Gurney.
Raverat is buried in the Trumpington Extension Cemetery, Cambridge with her father. Her mother, Maud, Lady Darwin, was cremated at Cambridge Crematorium on 10 February 1947. There is a memorial to Raverat in Harlton Church, Cambridgeshire, where her family and friends donated towards the restoration of the church in her memory.
Cambridge and the people associated with it remained very much the centre of her life. Darwin College, Cambridge, occupies both her childhood home, Newnham Grange, and the neighbouring Old Granary where she lived from 1946 until her death. The college has named one of its student accommodation houses after her.
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