Grace Horsley Darling
Personal Information
Born: 1815
Died: 1842
Country of Birth: Great Britain
Nationality: Great Britain
Ethnicity: White
Education
home schooled
Professional Life
Field of Study: Lighthouse Keeper s daughter
Institution/Corporation: none
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: Silver Medal for Bravery, British National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (now Royal National Lifeboat Institution or RNLI); Gold Medal of Bravery, Royal Humane Society; 2004 voted Northumberland s Top Woman
Achievements: She & her father rescued 9 people from the shipwreck of the Forfarshire in 1838; she received medals, money (including 50 pounds from Queen Victoria), & fine gifts from the grateful citizens of the United Kingdom; her bravery was immortalized in plays, painting, songs, poems (including 1 from William Wordsworth), & memorabilia; the RNLI Grace Darling Museum at her birthplace was established in 1938
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