Necker de Saussure, Albertine (1766 - 1841)
| Short name | Necker de Saussure, Albertine |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/73899323 |
| First name | Albertine |
| Birth name | Necker de Saussure |
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| Date of birth | 1766 |
| Date of death | 1841 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Switzerland |
| Place of death | Switzerland |
| Lived in | Switzerland |
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| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
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| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Necker de Saussure, Albertine was ...
| family: non-household | Staël, Germaine de |
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| Memberships | Groupe de Coppet |
| Place(s) of Residence | Switzerland |
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Receptions of Necker de Saussure, Albertine, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| Les femmes illustres de l'Europe The glorious women of Europe | Drohojowska, Antoinette-Joséphine-Françoise-Anne | 1822 | is biography of |
| * Preface in the book "Christomatheia korasiaki [...[" (Christomatheia for females[...]) | Sappho Leontias | 1874 | comments on person |
| Madame Necker de Saussure | Paul Jacquinet | 1886 | is biography of |
MENTIONED IN:
- Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886
Cf.
- Jean Delisle, "Albertine Necker de Saussure, traductrice de transition, 'sourcière' du romantisme", in Jean Delisle (ed.), Portraits de traduct-rices. Ottawa, 2002, pp. 117-171
- Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 249 (José Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p. 83)
NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992
Born in Geneva, lived in Geneva and Vallée du Salève, died in the latter.
Health: deaf for a great part of her life.