Jane Jowitt (14 May 1770 – 3 August 1846) was an Anglo-Irish poet and memoirist. Born in Dublin to some wealth, she moved to England following the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[1][2] Due to her Irish ancestry, Jowitt was denied work upon her arrival in Liverpool. She explains in her Memoirs (1844) how she travelled by foot from Liverpool to London.[3]
Jowitt spent time in a number of English cities following her journey to London. She eventually settled in Sheffield.[2] There, she worked odd jobs and gained some notice as a poet, primarily as a writer of memorials for local eminences.[2][1] Her best-known poem at the time was written in memory of the wife of "Earl Fitzwilliam", presumably either Charlotte Ponsonby or Louisa Molesworth, the wives of William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748–1833).[2]
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edit- ^ a b Harte 2009, p. 29.
- ^ a b c d Foster, Paul (23 September 2004). "Jowitt [née Crawford; other married name Glover], Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70514. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Mitchell, Ian (24 February 2016). Tradition and Innovation in English Retailing, 1700 to 1850: Narratives of Consumption. Routledge. p. 61. doi:10.4324/9781315550398. ISBN 978-1-315-55039-8.
Sources
edit- Harte, Liam, ed. (2009), "Jane Jowitt, Memoirs of Jane Jowitt, the Poor Poetess, Aged 74 Years, Written by Herself", The Literature of the Irish in Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 29–32, doi:10.1057/9780230234017_7, ISBN 978-1-349-52602-4
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