George Hickes
Standard Name: Hickes, George
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Elizabeth Elstob | Her letter, addressed to her prebendary uncle, Charles Elstob
, mentions her deference to his judgement, and the favour she has received from both Oxford
and Cambridge Universities
. Female modesty, she says, prevents her... |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Elstob | George Hickes
had strongly supported the forthcoming edition. He thought Elstob's work the most correct I ever saw or read,and that her edition will be of great advantage to the Church of England
against... |
| Dedications | Elizabeth Elstob | The first of these works, dedicated to Caroline, Princess of Wales
, is sometimes called the first grammar of Anglo-Saxon; in fact Elstob was preceded by her friend and patron George Hickes
, who published... |
| Occupation | Mary Astell | Material that she kept relating to the school included legal views of the canonical jurist Sir Edward Coke
on charitable institutions, a sermon by George Hickes
on endowing a school for poor girls, and information... |
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