Maria Edgeworth
1768–1849
Novelist and educationalist. Eldest daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth (ODNB), and his first wife, Anna Maria Elers (1743–73). Responsible for the education of her numerous half-siblings. Published her first novel, Castle Rackrent, in 1800.
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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