Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Joseph Hume
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Catherine Hume | MCH
's father, Joseph Hume
, died. In accordance with her Swedenborgian beliefs, she refused to mourn, protesting the selfishness of lamenting one whose soul had gone to a better place. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Joseph Hume Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research. 240: 103 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Catherine Hume | Mary Catherine's Scottish father, Joseph Hume
, was a Radical Member of Parliament, who sat indefatigably on committees and held other positions such as Lord Rector of Aberdeen University
. In parliament he reportedly spoke... |
Dedications | Mary Catherine Hume | The work opens with a sonnet dedicating the collection to her father
. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research. 240: 100 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Catherine Hume | The other poems in the collection touch on the Crystal Palace (recently moved to its permanent home in Sydenham just south of London), Emanuel Swedenborg
, and MCH
's father, Joseph Hume
. Hume, Mary Catherine. Normiton. J. W. Parker and Son. prelims |
Family and Intimate relationships | Augusta Webster | AW
's maternal grandfather, Joseph Hume
, was a translator of Dante
, and a friend of Charles Lamb
, William Hazlitt
, and William Godwin
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Joseph Hume |
Friends, Associates | Frances Wright | Bentham took an interest in Wright as a political dissenter who exalted the American political system and was scorned by English Tories. He praised her activities and was curious about the personal history that had... |
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