Maria Edgeworth
Novelist, Author
1768 – 1849
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Who was Maria Edgeworth?
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1768
Black Bourton - Also known as
- Edgeworth Maria
- Parents
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Profession
- Lived in
- County Longford
- Died
- May 22, 1849
Edgeworthstown
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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