Edith Southey

Standard Name: Southey, Edith
Used Form: Edith Fricker

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Caroline Bowles
After the death of his first wife, Edith Fricker , in 1838, Robert Southey proposed to CB . The original Dictionary of National Biography called her acceptance of his offer the most momentous step of her life.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908.
Family and Intimate relationships Sara Coleridge
SC 's mother, born Sarah Fricker , had several sisters, two of whom also married prominent poets. One married Robert Lovell , and another, Edith Fricker , married Robert Southey , who became a major...
Family and Intimate relationships Robert Southey
He married Edith Fricker in 1795; Coleridge married her elder sister.
Friends, Associates Sara Coleridge
Her playmates included Edith Southey and Dora Wordsworth .
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, and Sara Coleridge. Sara Coleridge, a Victorian Daughter: Her Life and Essays. Yale University Press, 1989.
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William Wordsworth 's poem The Triad describes these three young girls.
Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications, 2002.

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