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Rose Moutray Read
1870 – 1947
(1870–1947) was a British author, , and . Under the pseudonym DH Moutray Read, she wrote the popular Highways and Byways of Hampshire (1st edition 1908; 2nd edition 1919; 3rd edition 1923; 4th edition 1932). Esteemed for her book on the creation of her own garden, she was elected a Fellow of the . Moutray Read also published several papers in the journal of .
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