Sydney, Lady Morgan
Irish novelist (1781? – 1859)
Sydney, Lady Morgan (née Owenson; 25 December 1781? – 14 April 1859), was an Irish novelist. She was best known as the author of The Wild Irish Girl.[1]
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Born | Sydney Owenson 25 December 1781 (?) Either Dublin, Ireland or the Irish Sea |
Died | 14 April 1859 (aged about 78) London, United Kingdom |
Resting place | Brompton Cemetery |
Pen name | Glorvina |
Occupation | Novelist, governess |
Language | English |
Nationality | Irish, British |
Period | 1804–59 |
Notable works | The Wild Irish Girl (1806) |
Spouse | Thomas Charles Morgan (m. 1812) |
Notes
change- ↑ Clarke, Norma (1990). Heights: Writing, Friendship, Love: The Jewsbury Sisters, Felicia Hemans, and Jane Welsh Carlyle. London: Routledge.
Other websites
change- Works by Sydney, Lady Morgan at Project Gutenberg
- Hamilton, John Andrew (1894). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 27–29.
- Works by or about Sydney, Lady Morgan in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Media related to Lady Morgan at Wikimedia Commons