John Austin

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Standard Name: Austin, John,, 1790 - 1859

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Friends, Associates John Stuart Mill
He was introduced to Jeremy Bentham through his father. He also associated with John Austin and George Grote .
Mill, John Stuart, and John Jacob Coss. Autobiography. Columbia University Press.
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Birth Lucie Duff Gordon
Lucie Austin (later LDG ), only child of Sarah and John Austin , was born at the then 1 Queen Square in London.
This part of the square was later replaced by what is now Queen Anne's Gate.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Residence Lucie Duff Gordon
Facing financial retrenchment after John Austin resigned from his teaching job, the parents of Lucie Austin (later LDG ) moved with her from their house in Queen Square to 26 Park Road in Regent's Park.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Health Lucie Duff Gordon
After her father 's death in this year, LDG suffered a violent lung haemorrhage, an event she rightly believed to be a symptom of tuberculosis.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
198
Cultural formation Lucie Duff Gordon
Presumably white, LDG grew up in a radical liberal, professional family of English descent. Both her parents were highly intellectual and prominent in political circles, and both were published authors. Her mother brought her up...
Family and Intimate relationships Lucie Duff Gordon
John Austin , Lucie's father, legal philosopher, was the son of a successful miller and corn merchant.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
14
A pupil of Jeremy Bentham , he held a number of positions relating to jurisprudence throughout his...
Residence Lucie Duff Gordon
In Bonn, LDG 's father studied Roman Law under Niebuhr and Schlegel in preparation for his upcoming appointment as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of London .
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Ross, Janet, and Lucie Duff Gordon. “Memoir”. Letters from Egypt, Virago, pp. 1-17.
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Family and Intimate relationships Lucie Duff Gordon
Their marriage was delayed for a while because the Dowager Lady Duff Gordon was opposed to Lucie as a match for her son since she lacked a dowry. Lucie's father , who was by that...
Textual Production Sarah Austin
Soon after SA 's marriage to John Austin in 1819 his career began to fail, and she became a translator to support her family.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Textual Production Sarah Austin
After SA 's husband 's death in 1859, she wrote a preface for his The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1861). This was later reprinted in her edited version of his Lectures on Jurisprudence; or, The...
Textual Production Sarah Austin
This book includes portraits. Lotte and Joseph Hamburger 's Troubled Lives: John and Sarah Austin appeared in 1985 followed by their Contemplating Adultery: The Secret Life of a Victorian Woman in 1991. This second work...
Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Austin
Sarah Taylor married John Austin at St George's, Colegate, Norfolk.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Austin
In 1814, the engagement between Sarah Taylor and John Austin was sanctioned by her parents after considerable opposition.
Ross, Janet. Three Generations of Englishwomen. John Murray.
26
John Austin might have seemed unsuitable because of his service in the army and the...
Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Austin
John Austin was called to the bar in 1818, following which he began to practice.
Hamburger, Lotte, and Joseph Hamburger. Troubled Lives: John and Sarah Austin. University of Toronto Press.
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Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Austin
On 24 June 1821, Lucie Austin (the future writer Lady Duff Gordon) was born to SA and John Austin . She was their only child. Financial uncertainty prevented them from increasing their family. As her...

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