Smith, Machteld (1749 - 1821)
Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Aug. 22, 2025, 3:02 p.m.
| Short name | Smith, Machteld |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/74723198 |
| First name | Machteld |
| Birth name | Combrinck |
| Married name | Grabe, Schmidt |
| Alternative name | Machtilt Schmidt — Magtildt Schmidt — Matilda Smith — Machteld Schmidt — Machtelt Smit — Juffrouw M.E.S |
| Date of birth | 1749 |
| Date of death | 1821 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Cape Town |
| Place of death | Cape Town |
| Lived in | Cape Town , Roodezand |
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| Father | |
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| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | Deaconess |
| Grabe, Johannes | Widowed | |
| Schmidt, Johannes | Widowed |
Smith, Machteld was ...
| acquaintance | Ritsema van Lier, Helperus |
| correspondent and friend | Lier, Catharina Allegonda van |
| Profession(s) | Teacher/governess |
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| Place(s) of Residence | Cape Town , Roodezand |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
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| *Dutch version of: Memoir of Mrs. Matilda Smith, late of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope (1824) | 1 | 0 |
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-Circulations of Smith, Machteld, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Smith, Machteld, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Hoofstuk V. 'n Satiriese digter oor die eerste oorgawe van die Kaap, sy teenstanders en mistieke tydgenote. 3. Dagboek-houer, mistieke digteres, Catharina Allegonda van Lier | 1934 | references person |
Included in Beek & Van Niekerk 2019. Her father was of slave descent (FT 2025).
Biography by Karel Schoeman (1997): Dogter van Sion: Machtelt Smit en die 18de-eeuse samelewing aan die Kaap, 1749-1799. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.
Fragments of her diary were published in Dutch in the journal Kaapsche Cyclopedie (1833).