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Necker de Saussure, Albertine (1766 - 1841)

Short name Necker de Saussure, Albertine
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First name Albertine
Birth name Necker de Saussure
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Date of birth 1766
Date of death 1841
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Sex Female
Place of birth Switzerland
Place of death Switzerland
Lived in Switzerland
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Religion / ideology Protestant
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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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Cours de littérature dramatique (1814) 0 0
Notice sur le caractère et les écrits de Mme de Staël (1820)
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Éducation progressive; ou, Étude du cours de la vie (1828) 4 0
Étude de la vie des femmes (1838) 0 0

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Circulations of Necker de Saussure, Albertine, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Necker de Saussure, Albertine, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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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[...]) Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym) 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.