Thomas Martineau

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Standard Name: Martineau, Thomas,, 1795 - 1824

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Family and Intimate relationships Harriet Martineau
HM 's eldest brother, another Thomas Martineau , had fondly encouraged her writing, but he died of consumption when she was only twenty-two.
Martineau, Harriet. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Selected Letters, edited by Valerie Sanders, Clarendon Press, 1990, pp. vii - xxxiii, 235.
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Pichanick, Valerie Kossew. Harriet Martineau: The Woman and Her Work, 1802-76. University of Michigan Press, 1980.
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Webb, Robert Kiefer. Harriet Martineau: A Radical Victorian. Columbia University Press, 1960.
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Family and Intimate relationships Harriet Martineau
HM 's eldest brother, Thomas , who had applauded her first publication, died of tuberculosis in 1824.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Instructor Harriet Martineau
When young, HM was taught by her older siblings. Her eldest sister, Elizabeth , taught her French, Thomas taught her Latin, and Henry taught her mathematics and writing. Although practical jokes and name-calling played a...
Literary responses Harriet Martineau
HM depicts herself as both flummoxed and thrilled when her revered brother Thomas praised this essay highly without knowing of her authorship. When she revealed it, he counselled her: Now, dear, leave it to other...

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