Mrs. E. B. Mawr
Barker Mawr, Emma
Emma Barker Mawr was the wife of Dr. John Barker Mawr (1815-1892), a pediatrician from London. In 1858 Dr. Barker Mawr was invited to Romania by the Romanian government in order to develop pediatric medicine. Emma Barker Mawr became a confidante of Carmen Sylva, the poetess queen of Romania. Her first interest was in Romanian folk tales. She died in Bucharest, Romania, at the age of 80. [--Mihaela Mudure: Translating Proverbs, 2003, p.99. ISBN 9738609577]