Chapone, Hester (1727 - 1801)
| Short name | Chapone, Hester |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/18122947 |
| First name | Hester |
| Birth name | Mulso |
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| Date of birth | 1727 |
| Date of death | 1801 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Northamptonshire (region) |
| Place of death | England |
| Lived in | England |
| Place of residence notes |
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| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Chapone, Hester was ...
| related to | Mrs H. Cartwright |
| related to | Trimmer, Sarah |
| 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 |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
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| The Rambler (1750) | 0 | 0 |
| The Mischief of Superstition and Infidelity: The History of Fidelia (1753) | 1 | 0 |
| Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1773) | 6 | 0 |
| Miscellanies in prose and verse (1775) | 1 | 0 |
| Letter to a New-Married Lady (1777) | 1 | 0 |
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-Circulations of Chapone, Hester, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Chapone, Hester, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| 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