Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Alexander Marcet
Standard Name: Marcet, Alexander
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Marcet | Jane Haldimand
married Dr Alexander Marcet
, who was slightly younger than herself, and whom she had first met as a visitor to her father in 1795. Marcet, Jane. “Introduction”. Chemistry in the Schoolroom: 1806, edited by Hazel Rossotti, AuthorHouse, 2006, p. i - xxi. ii-iii |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Marcet | JM
's husband, Alexander Marcet
, died suddenly on a visit back to London from Geneva, where they had been intending to settle. “FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Instructor | Jane Marcet | JM
used her husband
and his friends as a way in to the developing discourse of science. She attended the public lectures given by Sir Humphry Davy
, which provided the basis of her knowledge... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Jane Marcet | Marcet received advice and encouragement in her project both from her husband
and from one of his medical friends, Dr John Yelloy
. Yelloy advised her to keep her style serious but accessible, and also... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Jane Marcet | The death of JM
's father, Anthony Haldimand
, meant that she and her husband
came into a considerable inheritance. “FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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