Hester Chapone

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Hester Chapone was an 18th-century English writer and moralist best known for her influential conduct book "Letters on the Improvement of the Mind" and her role in the Bluestocking intellectual circle.

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Hester Chapone canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
letter writer ⓘ
moralist ⓘ
associatedWith Bluestocking intellectual circle ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle

Elizabeth Montagu ⓘ
birthName Hester Mulso ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1727-10-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1801-12-25 ⓘ
describedAs 18th-century English writer and moralist ⓘ
educatedAt home education ⓘ
floruit 18th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre conduct literature ⓘ
letters ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasInfluenced conduct literature for women ⓘ
women’s education in the 18th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Bluestocking circle ⓘ
movement Bluestocking ⓘ
notableWork A Letter to a New-Married Lady ⓘ
A Letter to a Young Lady ⓘ
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind ⓘ
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse ⓘ
occupation moralist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Middlesex ⓘ
linked to: County of Middlesex

Twickenham ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hadley ⓘ
Middlesex ⓘ
linked to: County of Middlesex
primaryAudience young women ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse John Chapone ⓘ
subjectOf scholarship on women’s writing ⓘ
studies of the Bluestockings ⓘ
workFocusedOn domestic virtue ⓘ
female education ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
writingStyle didactic ⓘ

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Elizabeth Montagu → socialCircle → Hester Chapone ⓘ
Bluestocking circle → notableMember → Hester Chapone ⓘ