Proper noun
Nesbit (plural Nesbits)
A surname.
I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood - E. Nesbit and Dickens, which isn't children's literature at all, but I was sort of steeped in English literature. I thought I was of that world. Jefferson Mays
Background The portrait of Evelyn Nesbit by Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. which inspired Montgomery. Source: Internet
Anstey's work was popular enough to inspire several imitations, including E. Nesbit 's light-hearted children's fantasies, The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). Source: Internet
A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting-hippopotomuses: These eight dragon tales are filled with the imaginative wit of children's author Edith Nesbit. Source: Internet
HarperCollins publisher Jonathan Burnham and Crichton's agent Lynn Nesbit looked for a co-writer to finish the novel; ultimately, Richard Preston was chosen to complete the book. Source: Internet
Nesbit is married to Crystal Nesbit, who also teaches at Belleville East High School. Source: Internet