She was born Mary Caroline Trevelyan, the daughter of the renowned Cambridge historian
G. M. Trevelyan. She studied at
Somerville College, Oxford. In 1930, she published
William III and the Defence of Holland, 1672-44. That same year, she married
John Moorman, an
Anglican cleric who rose to become the
Bishop of Ripon. She is best known today for her two-volume biography of the poet
William Wordsworth. The first volume came out in 1957, followed by a second volume in 1966. The latter won the
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. She was also closely involved with the
Wordsworth Trust, serving first as secretary and then as chair of the trust. She died in 1994. == Works ==