On her husband's death, Elizabeth Hutcheson
, former friend of Mary Astell
, moved with Hester Gibbon
to join WL
in philosophic retirement at King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire, where they became local benefactors.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation
William Law
WL
then worked as a tutor in the Gibbon family, finding a mediocre pupil in Edward (who grew up to be the father of the historian Edward Gibbon
) but a bright and rewarding pupil...
