Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications.
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.
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.