Carter, Elizabeth (1717 - 1806)
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| Short name | Carter, Elizabeth |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/68950689 |
| First name | Elizabeth |
| Birth name | Carter |
| Married name | |
| Date of birth | 1717 |
| Date of death | 1806 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Deal (Kent) |
| Place of death | - |
| Lived in | England |
| Place of residence notes |
| Mother | Margaret Carter |
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| Father | Nicolas Carter |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| patron of | Mary Collyer |
| salon relation | Hunter, Anne |
| correspondent | Vesey, Elizabeth |
| correspondent | Montagu, Elizabeth |
| Profession(s) | Translator , Poet |
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| Memberships | Blue Stockings Society |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
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| All The Works Of Epictetus, Which Are Now Extant . . . Translated from the Original Greek, By Elizabeth Carter. With An Introduction, and Notes, by the Translator. (1758) | 1 | 0 |
| Poems (Carter) (1762) | 2 | 0 |
Editor of
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-Circulations of Carter, Elizabeth, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Carter, Elizabeth, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engelske forfatterinder (English Authoresses) [by Erik F.B. Horn] | [author male, various] [CREATE SEPARATE RECORDS] | 1858 | comments on person |
| Clever Girls of Our Time: And how They Became Famous Women | Joseph Johnson | 1862 | is biography of |
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Lives with her father who taught her Latin, Greek and Hebrew [...]". - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, 43 - Stevenson, in Weissbort/Eysteinsson, Translation - Theory and Practice 2009, 142-3 Cf. - Corresp. E.Bekker en A. Deken,dr. P.J. Buijnsters,Utrecht 1987 - Norma Clarke, The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters. 2004 (see under Elstob)
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Belonged to intellectual elite. Well educated, learning foreign languages: Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew.
The most prominent and most praised learned woman of her time. cf. Harriet Guest, Small Change: Women, Learning and Patriotism, 1750-1810. Chicago/London, Univ. of Chicago press, 2000.
- Translator from Greek, French, Italian
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p. 43