Charlotte Fell Smith
Charlotte Fell Smith (2 January 1851 – 7 May 1937) was an English biographer and local historian whose work primarily focused on Nonconformists in early modern Britain and on the County of Essex.
Life
[edit]Charlotte was born at Pattiswick Hall, Pattiswick, Essex, to Joseph Smith (1813–1904), farmer and justice of the peace, and his wife, Mary.[1] The family were Quakers, and Charlotte attended the Friends' school in Lewes, and later in York.
She became a writer for magazines and reference works, specialising in historical biography. She also catalogued and organised the items held by the Colchester and Essex Museum at Colchester Castle.[1]
Smith died at home in Felsted and was cremated.[1]
Writings
[edit]Charlotte Fell Smith wrote for periodicals, including Chambers's Journal, the National Review, Country Life, and the Essex Review, of which she was for a time editor.[1]
She was the author of the first book-length biography of John Dee in 1909.[2][3] Her other biographies included:
- Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, 1625–1678: Her Family and Friends (1901)
- James Parnell, 1637–1656 (1906)
- Daniel Whittle Harvey (1915)
- William Bendlowes of Great Bardfield Place (1915)
Smith was "the most prolific female contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography", for which she wrote 231 articles.[1]
Her other books were:
- Steven Crisp and his Correspondents (1892)
- Extracts from State Papers Relating to Friends (1910–11)
- with I. L. Goude, An Anthology of Essex (1911)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Rosemary Mitchell, Smith, Charlotte Fell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
- ↑ Szőnyi, György Endre (2004). John Dee's occultism: magical exaltation through powerful signs. SUNY Press. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-7914-6223-2. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ↑ Thorpe, T. E. (2 December 1909). "Review of John Dee by Charlotte Fell Smith". Nature. 82 (2092): 121–122. doi:10.1038/082121a0. S2CID 3987059.
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