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Apr 30, 2024 · Hester Lynch Piozzi (born Jan. 27, 1740, Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, Wales—died May 2, 1821, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of ...
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1 day ago · In 1820 Dr Samuel Johnson’s friend Hester Thrale later Hester Piozzi, (1741-1821) lodged there. She was old by then – although still sprightly. Only a few weeks before her arrival she had hosted a party in Bath for 700 friends to help her celebrate her eightieth birthday.
May 5, 2024 · Across an interlinked series of biographical case studies, Gibson attempts to cast women writers ranging from Elizabeth Carter and Hannah More to Frances Burney and Hester Thrale Piozzi as proto-feminists who ‘laid the foundations for a whole new worldview’.
1 day ago · Hester Thrale and her daughter Queeney. Although he had recovered his health by August, Johnson experienced emotional trauma when he was given word that Hester Thrale would sell the residence that Johnson shared with the family. What hurt Johnson most was the possibility that he would be left without her constant company.
- 13 December 1784 (aged 75), London, England
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- English, Latin
- Tory
3 days ago · Discover how she took on Voltaire and won. Whilst nursing twelve children and helping run her bullying husband's brewery, HESTER THRALE took key writers under her wing - Dr Johnson moved into her house for several years.
Apr 29, 2024 · Once feminist scholars began to champion the Bluestocking Circle, of which Mrs. Thrale was a peripheral member, Piozzi’s life and writings came to be taken more seriously. A significant milestone was reached in 2021 with the conference Celebrating Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741–1821). Still, while Piozzi has been the subject of three excellent ...
4 days ago · It is printed in Aubrey, who says, that it was taken from the ground. In the pew belonging to the Thrale family are the following inscriptions, upon tablets of white marble, to the memory of Mr. Thrale, and Mrs. Salusbury, mother to Mrs. Piozzi. They were both written by Dr. Johnson. Epitaphs of Mr. Thrale and Mrs. Salusbury, written by Dr ...
