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Maria Edgeworth in York University Bernard Canavan attended the recent Maria Edgeworth Conference in York University. Held on the 29th and 30th June. He sent
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Maria Edgeworth in York University Bernard Canavan attended the recent Maria Edgeworth Conference in York University. Held on the 29th and 30th June. He sent

The Abbé Edgeworth born Henry Essex Edgeworth Born Henry Essex Edgeworth into the notable Edgeworth family of Anglo-Irish Protestants, in 1745. His father, a Church

Despite her work as a novelist, short story writer and playwright, Maria Edgeworth was also a prolific letter writer. Therefore she wrote to family and

William Edgeworth the cartographer Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his third wife Elizabeth. William Edgeworth’s practical interests initially followed those of his father, such

This item is courtesy of the Worcester Journal Why Maria Edgeworth Matters December 14, 2015 by Sean O’Rourke Believe me, I know. A nineteenth- century

The following post came from the Regency History website and is used by the kind permission of the author Rachel Knowles. She is researching Jane

The construction of the Spire of St. John’s Church in Edgeworthstown In 1811 – Richard Lovell Edgeworth, with the aid of his son William, erected
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