After her father
's death in this year, LDG
suffered a violent lung haemorrhage, an event she rightly believed to be a symptom of tuberculosis.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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Cultural formation
Lucie Duff Gordon
Presumably white, LDG
grew up in a radical liberal, professional family of English descent. Both her parents were highly intellectual and prominent in political circles, and both were published authors. Her mother
brought her up...
Family and Intimate relationships
Lucie Duff Gordon
John Austin
, Lucie's father, legal philosopher, was the son of a successful miller and corn merchant.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
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A pupil of Jeremy Bentham
, he held a number of positions relating to jurisprudence throughout his...
Friends, Associates
John Stuart Mill
He was introduced to Jeremy Bentham
through his father. He also associated with John Austin
and George Grote
.
Mill, John Stuart, and John Jacob Coss. Autobiography. Columbia University Press.