Lina Waterfield
Lina Waterfield | |
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Lina Duff Gordon in 1898, by George Frederic Watts, costumed after Leonardo da Vinci | |
| Born | Caroline Lucie Duff-Gordon 16 August 1874 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Died | 27 November 1964 (aged 90) Sandwich, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Author, Italian correspondent |
| Spouse |
Aubrey Waterfield
(m. 1902; died 1944) |
| Children | 3, including Gordon Waterfield |
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Caroline Lucie "Lina" Waterfield OBE (16 August 1874 – 27 November 1964) was an English author and Italian correspondent for The Observer and The Sunday Times. She founded the library which became the British Institute of Florence.