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    Born in 1745 at Fishponds in the parish of Stapleton, near Bristol, Hannah More was the fourth of five daughters of Jacob More (1700–1783), [2] a schoolmaster from a strong Presbyterian family in Harleston, Norfolk, who had joined the Church of England.

  2. Hannah More (born Feb. 2, 1745, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Sept. 7, 1833, Bristol, Gloucestershire) was an English religious writer, best known as a writer of popular tracts and as an educator of the poor.

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  3. Oct 26, 2002 · Hannah More was born in the village of Fishponds in Gloucestershire (now a suburb of Bristol) the fourth of five daughters of a schoolmaster, Jacob More, and his wife, Mary Grace More, the daughter of a farmer in the neighbouring village of Stoke Gifford. Jacob had been born in East Anglia and believed he had a claim to an estate in Suffolk.

  4. Hannah More. A British playwright, abolitionist, and philanthropist, More was born near Bristol. Her father, a headmaster, trained More and her sisters to be teachers. Hannah More’s father and older sisters founded a school when the girls were in their teens, and More taught there as a young woman.

  5. May 17, 2018 · More, Hannah (1745–1833). One of the best-known and most prolific polemicists of her day, Hannah More was born at Stapleton, near Bristol, and joined her sisters in running a school. She became acquainted with London literary circles and was a particular favourite with Dr Johnson.

  6. More, Hannah ( 17451833 ), writer and philanthropist, was born on 2 February 1745 at Fishponds, in the parish of Stapleton, a couple of miles north of Bristol, the fourth of the five daughters of Jacob More (1700–1783), schoolmaster, and Mary, the daughter of John Grace, a farmer at nearby Stoke.

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  8. Mar 28, 2022 · Hannah More was a Christian activist and philanthropist. Her sociable life in Britain’s major social centres, London and Bath, enabled her to use her closeness to the bluestocking circle and later her membership of the evangelical group, the Clapham Sect, to embark on crusades against poverty, the education of women and the evils of slavery.

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