Chapone, Hester (1727 - 1801)

Short name Chapone, Hester
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First name Hester
Birth name Mulso
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Date of birth 1727
Date of death 1801
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Sex Female
Place of birth Northamptonshire (region)
Place of death England
Lived in England
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Chapone, Hester was ...
related to Mrs H. Cartwright
related to Sarah Trimmer
related to Burney, Frances
related to More, Hannah
related to Montagu, Elizabeth
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Memberships Blue Stockings Society
Place(s) of Residence England
Receptions of Chapone, Hester, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
R. Page, portrait of Hester Chapone, 1812, National Portrait Gallery Reference Collection NPG D2046 None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She had influence on and opinions about her contemporaries [...]". Cf. - Turner - Norma Clarke, The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters. 2004 (see under Elstob)
Died in Middlesex. Married to John Chapone (1760-1761). Well educated. Collaborated in several periodicals. WEMLO