Shteir, Ann B. “Botanical Dialogues: Maria Jacson and Women’s Popular Science Writing in England”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 3, pp. 301-17. 308
Sir Brooke Boothby
Standard Name: Boothby, Sir Brooke
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Maria Elizabetha Jacson | On 24 August 1795Erasmus Darwin
and Sir Brooke Boothby
wrote a joint letter to Maria Jacson in praise of Botanical Dialogues, which they had read in manuscript. They even expressed the hope that... |
| Friends, Associates | Frances Jacson | The Jacson sisters became acquainted with the literary circle in Lichfield which also included Erasmus Darwin
, Anna Seward
, and Thomas Day
, as well as their cousin Sir Brooke Boothby
, who probably introduced them there. |
| Friends, Associates | Maria Elizabetha Jacson | Probably through their cousin Sir Brooke Boothby
, the Jacson sisters became acquainted with an intellectually-minded group of people of both sexes based in Lichfield: Erasmus Darwin
as well as Anna Seward
and Thomas Day |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Jacson | Sir Brooke Boothby
of Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire was one of their cousins. Shteir, Ann B. “Botanical Dialogues: Maria Jacson and Women’s Popular Science Writing in England”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 23 , No. 3, pp. 301-17. 308 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Elizabetha Jacson | The amateur polymath Sir Brooke Boothby
of Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire was a cousin; he was likely MEJ
's link to the intellectual society of Lichfield. Shteir, Ann B. “Botanical Dialogues: Maria Jacson and Women’s Popular Science Writing in England”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 23 , No. 3, pp. 301-17. 308 |
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