Nettie Palmer
Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary Gift Book which gathered together writing by Victorian women.
18 August 1885
Born on the same birth day (18 August): Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland • Jon Schwartz (drummer) • Maxine Brown (soul singer) • Robert Huth • Romain Maes
Born in the same month (August 1885): August 15 • Dino Campana • DuBose Heyward • George de Hevesy • Grace Hutchins • Jean Cabannes • Juhan Simm • Jules Romains • Keith Murdoch • Stephen Butterworth • Tedda Courtney • Vance Palmer • Édouard Fabre