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Agnes Strickland (18 July 1796 – 8 July 1874) was an English historical writer and poet. She is particularly remembered for her Lives of the Queens of England (12 vols, 1840–1848). Biography [ edit ]
- 18 July 1796
- History
- 8 July 1874 (aged 77)
- Author
Writing the Lives of the Queens of Scotland, 1847–1853. Undeterred by these controversies, Agnes Strickland now suggested a comprehensive series of lives of the Scottish queens, which would allow her to write a biography of her beloved Mary, queen of Scots.
18 de ago. de 2015 · Agnes Strickland, A Pioneering Historian of Women's Lives. Agnes Strickland (born 18 August 1796) Agnes Strickland was the second daughter of the nine children born to Thomas Strickland and his second wife, Elizabeth Homer. Five of these children would, like Agnes, become writers. Agnes Strickland, painted in 1846.
English historian and writer. Born Agnes Strickland on August 19, 1796, in London, England; died on July 13, 1874, in Southwold, Suffolk; third daughter of Thomas Strickland of Reydon Hall, Suffolk (a shipper), and Elizabeth (Homer) Strickland; sister of Elizabeth Strickland (1794–1875), Jane Margaret Strickland (1800–1888), Catherine Parr ...
Agnes Strickland: Biographer of the Queens of England, 1796-1874 - Una Pope-Hennessy - Google Books.
- Una Pope-Hennessy
- Chatto & Windus, 1940
- the University of Michigan
14 de out. de 2020 · Definition. Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) was arguably the preeminent biographical historian of the Victorian period. She published actively from the early 1820s, working in genres as varied as the popular natural history, religious fiction, and historical fiction.
8 de dez. de 2022 · Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) and her sister Elizabeth collaborated on many biographical projects. They were pioneering historical biographers and key figures in the development of women's history. Writing from a female perspective, they included coverage of domestic matters that male historians had previously ignored.
