Alexander Geddes

Standard Name: Geddes, Alexander

Connections

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Cultural formation Elizabeth Inchbald
Alexander Geddes , a Scottish Catholic theologian of liberal views, replied tactfully to a social acquaintance of EI 's who took it upon herself to profess concern and anxiety about the Catholic actress's soul.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
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Geddes, Alexander, and Anonymous. Letter to an anonymous woman, a social acquaintance of Elizabeth Inchbald. 7 Aug. 1780, http://British Library MS BL Add. MS 28,558 f 83-4.
Feminist Companion Archive.
Friends, Associates Mary Ann Radcliffe
MAR had some contacts who encouraged her literary pursuits: Arthur Murphy the playwright, and Alexander Geddes , the liberal Catholic theologian and bible translator, whom she met through Lady Traquair. Geddes acted as a...

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Geddes, Alexander, and Anonymous. Letter to an anonymous woman, a social acquaintance of Elizabeth Inchbald. http://British Library MS BL Add. MS 28,558 f 83-4.