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3 unusual facts about Winifred Sackville Stoner


Winifred Sackville Stoner

She was an advocate of Esperanto, the universal language that had been developed in 1897; in 1910, at the age of eight, the daughter produced a translation of Mother Goose in Esperanto.

Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

Her development was heavily influenced by her mother and collaborator Winifred Sackville Stoner.

By age three, the younger Stoner could read and write capably; by six, she could use a typewriter and had had an illustrated book of her poems published; by eight, she spoke at least five languages and had translated Mother Goose into Esperanto ("Patrino Anserino").



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