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Edith Coleridge

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Black and white portrait of Edith Coleridge sitting in a chair
Edith Coleridge, from A Poet's Children, Hartley and Sara Coleridge (1912)

Edith Coleridge (1832 – 24 January 1911) was a British author. She edited The Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge (1873), a popular biography of her mother.[1] An archive of her collected works is held at the Henry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Biography

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Edith Coleridge was the daughter of writer Sara Coleridge, who in turn was the daughter of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Sara Coleridge married her cousin Henry Nelson Coleridge, who was Samuel Taylor Coleridge's literary executor.[2] Edith had a brother, Herbert Coleridge.

References

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  1. ^ Schofield, Robin (12 February 2018). The Vocation of Sara Coleridge: Authorship and Religion. Springer. p. 6. ISBN 9783319703718.
  2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. No. 39493. 27 January 1911. p. 13. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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