Mary Russell Mitford (1787 - 1855)

Short name	Mary Russell Mitford
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First name	Mary
Birth name	Russell Mitford
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Date of birth	1787
Date of death	1855
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Sex	Female
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Lived in	England
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Mary Russell Mitford was ...

related to	Brand, Barbarina Ogle
related to	Hofland, Barbara
related to	Frances Minto Elliot
related to	Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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Place(s) of Residence	England

Author of	*Letters (1773) Our village. Sketches of rural character and scenery (1824) Recollections of a Literary Life (1852)

Receptions of Mary Russell Mitford, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)

Title	Author	Date	Type
On the Female Literature of the Present Age	[unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made]	1820	comments on person
Engelske Forfatterinder (English Authoresses)	[author male, various] [CREATE SEPARATE RECORDS]	1858	comments on person
Een vrouwen leven, by H. Oort A woman life	~~journalist (name below)	1870	comments on person
A Memoir of Jane Austen and The Life of Mary Russell Mitford	Henry Fothergill Chorley	1870	is biography of
*Mention in The Literary Reader	Taco Hajo de Beer	1882	comments on person
*Comment in private letter	Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von	None	comments on person

Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She is remembered today as the author of 'Our village' (1824-1832) a series of essays depicting rural life".

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