Anne Thackeray Ritchie

Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Portrait of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, 1870
Born	Anne Isabella Thackeray (1837-06-09)9 June 1837 London, England
Died	26 February 1919(1919-02-26) (aged 81) Freshwater, England
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Richmond Ritchie ​ ​ (m. 1877; died 1912)​
Children	2
Parents	William Makepeace Thackeray (father) Isabella Gethin Shawe (mother)
Relatives	Harriet Stephen (sister)

Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie (née Thackeray; 9 June 1837 – 26 February 1919), eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene. She is noted especially as the custodian of her father's literary legacy, and for short fiction that places fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond introduced into English the proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life."