Greenfield, John R., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 159. Gale Research, 1996.
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Tom Sheridan
Standard Name: Sheridan, Tom
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Norton | Tom Sheridan
, CN
's father, son of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, bore the same name as his famous eighteenth-century grandfather, the actor, and great-grandfather, the clergyman and schoolmaster. He had been an... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | On the journey to Newcastle HW
had begun a flirtation with the witty Tom Sheridan
(born 1775, son of the playwright, grandson of Frances Sheridan
, and father of Caroline Norton
). He and his... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Norton | Tom Sheridan
, father of Caroline (later CN
), died of tuberculosis at the Cape (now Cape Province) in South Africa while she was still a child. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Thomas Sheridan (1775-1817) Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995. 23-4 |
| Occupation | Harriette Wilson | She may have had sexual relations with Sheridan
; but she left home (after another row with her father) and took her first step in her career as a courtesan by becoming |
| Residence | Caroline Norton | The young Caroline Sheridan (later CN
) and her sisters were left with maternal aunts in Scotland while their parents went abroad, heading for the Cape of Good Hope in a desperate attempt to repair... |
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