Garraty, John A., and Mark C. Carnes, editors. American National Biography. Oxford University Press.
Anna Smith
Standard Name: Smith, Anna
Used Form: Anna Young Smith
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson | Childless herself, EGF
brought up the two children of a sister who had died, one of whom developed into the poet Anna Young Smith
. |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson | EGF
had met novelist Laurence Sterne
and botanist-physician John Fothergill
in London. Among her large circle of friends at home, other writers were prominent. She knew the poet Nathaniel Evans
and the physician and educator... |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson | Martha C. Slotten
produced in 1980 a doctoral dissertation entitled The Culture of Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson (1737-1801). More recently Pattie Cowell
has called her merely prolific in distinction from her talented niece Anna Young Smith |
Timeline
1792: H. W. Smith and Anna Smith opened a newsagents'...
Writing climate item
1792
H. W. Smith
and Anna Smith
opened a newsagents' shop in Little Grosvenor Street, London; out of this initial enterprise grew the publishing firm of W. H. Smith
.
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