Catherine Talbot

Jack Orchard (Swansea University)

Ed. by Nicholas Seager, University of Keele
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

Born 21 May 1721
Died 9 Jan 1770
Activity 1741-1770

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Born in England
Active in England

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Essayist
Poet

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Catherine Talbot was an eighteenth-century essayist and minor poet, who, through her relationships with literary figures such as Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) and Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), clergymen like Thomas Secker (1693–1768), and lesser nobility such as the Grey family of Wrest Park, is recognized as a forerunner to the “bluestocking circle” of the later eighteenth century.

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Childhood & Adolescence

Talbot was born in Berkshire on 21 May 1721, the only daughter of Edward Talbot (1690/91–1720), archdeacon of Berkshire from 1717 until his death, and his wife Mary (c.1691–1784), daughter of his fellow clergyman George Martin. After Edward’s death, Mary was taken under the wing of Thomas Secker (1693–1768), the Bishop of Oxford and future

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Citation: Orchard, Jack. "Catherine Talbot". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 October 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4309, accessed 02 May 2024.]

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