Elizabeth Bentley | Laboring-Class Poets Online

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Names

First Name:

Elizabeth

Last Name(s):

Bentley

Gender:

female

Bio Dates

Birth Year:

1767

Death Year:

1839

Locations

Nationality:

Other Locations:

Transatlantic:

No

Class and Labor

Education

Formal Education:

No formal education; taught to read and write by her father

References and Sources

References and Sources:

Biblio Texts:

193-202

209-16

267-8

201

259

243

26

54 (letters)

items 68-70, 932

Other Digital References:

Title	Publication Date	Publisher	Edition	Other Editions	Editor	Collaborator	Patron	Subscription Description	Key Subscribers	Pages	Call Number	Dialect	Language	Digitized or Digital Editions	Additional Notes
Genuine Poetical Compositions on various Subjects	1791							Had 2,000 subscribers and was well reviewed in the Gentleman’s Magazine, and enabled her to open a small school			BL 993.c.43(4)

Source	Relationship Type	Target	Description	View
Elizabeth Bentley	patronized by	Reverend John Walker	Most of what is known of Bentley's life comes from a letter of 23 July 1790, addressed to her patron and first editor, the Revd John Walker, and included among the prefatory materials to both her volumes of verse. (ODNB)	View