Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber.
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Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | HW
wrote the last of her letters to Brougham
—or in any case the last that he preserved. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 288 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | Her first important relationship begun in Paris was with Henry Brougham
, later Lord Brougham. Unlike her other lovers, he did not destroy her letters, but kept them. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 151ff |
Friends, Associates | Harriette Wilson | She also made male friends who treated her as an intellectual equal (this list overlaps with that of her lovers). She corresponded with Henry Brougham
and with Byron
. Brougham, the liberal lawyer—anti-abolitionist, pro- |
death | Harriette Wilson | Brougham
came through one last time, writing to Worcester
(now Duke of Beaufort) to ask for either £5 or £7 . . . will be quite enough and very handsome. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 297 |
Publishing | Harriette Wilson | |
Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | |
Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Jane Vardill | AJV
's mother was born Agnes Birtwhistle
in 1752 at Skipton in Yorkshire, into a family which was a local power there and over the Scottish border at Gatehouse of Fleet. Anna Jane... |
Textual Production | Mary Somerville | As was normal practice for scientific texts at the time, MS
had canvassed a number of her learned friends for aid in preparing and proofreading her manuscript. Lord Brougham
, Michael Faraday
, James Forbes |
Textual Production | Mary Somerville | On behalf of the Society for Diffusing Useful Knowledge
, Henry, Lord Brougham
, wrote to MS
's husband
to propose that she translate into English the advanced French astronomical mathematics of Laplace
's Méchanique Céleste. Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. “Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)”. Women of Mathematics: A Biobiliographic Sourcebook, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Greenwood Press, pp. 208-16. 211, 214 Somerville, Mary. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville. Editor Somerville, Martha, Roberts Brothers. 161-2 |
Textual Features | Mary Somerville | Mechanism of the Heavens is dedicated to Henry Brougham
. The 730-page text consists of a preliminary dissertation (which was later published separately) and versions (with additional mathematical explanations and illustrations) of the first four... |
politics | Amelia Opie | The Anti-Slavery Convention was the culmination of years of abolitionist work for AO
, work which brought her into contact with such figures as the lawyer and politician Henry, Lord Brougham
, in England and... |
Literary responses | Caroline Norton | This time her reception was more positive. Lord Brougham
judged that this pamphlet, as clever a thing as ever was written, would certainly contribute to reforming the divorce laws. Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby. 251 |
Friends, Associates | Mary Russell Mitford | A few years later, as a published author, MRM
became friendly with James Perry
(editor of the Morning Chronicle). At his house she met a number of eminent men: politicians Lord Brougham
and Lord Erskine |
Textual Production | Harriet Martineau | When Lord Brougham
became aware of Illustrations of Political Economy, about six months into the series, he solicited HM
's help in promoting pending revisions to the poor laws (which were passed in the... |
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