Adelaide Anne Procter
Adelaide Anne Procter was a writer, poet, activist, philanthropist and hymnwriter (1825–1864). She was born at Bloomsbury and died at London.
Also recorded as Adelaide Procter; Mary Berwick.
Overview
Also worked under the name Mary Berwick.
Born at Bloomsbury in 1825, died at London in 1864.
Identity and origins
She also worked under the name Mary Berwick. The authorities additionally record the headings Adelaide Procter and Mary Berwick. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was Catholic Church.
She was the child of Barry Cornwall and Ann Benson Skepper.
Catalogued works
27 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1800 to 2004. The first 12 are listed here.
The Haunted House. The Ghost in the Picture Room. A House to Let, dated 2004. The poems of Adelaide A. Procter. The complete poetical works of Adelaide Anne Procter. Poems. [The] poems [of Adelaide A. Procter.]. The poetical works. Legends & lyrics & other poems. Poems of Adelaide A. Procter. Poems. Complete Ed. with an Introd. by Charles Dickens. Legends and Lyrics.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Procter, Adelaide Anne [pseud. Mary Berwick] (1825–1864), poet and women's activist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Adelaide Anne Procter, Women Poets of the 19th Century, 2006. Procter, Adelaide Anne, The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature, 2015. Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864), Catholic Women Writers, 2001. A poem by Adelaide Anne Procter, Notes and Queries, 1937.
Naming and authority record
This heading is established in VIAF (18089774). Those registers additionally record the forms Adelaide Anne Procter, 1825-1864, Adelaide Anne Procter English poet and philanthropist, Adelaide Anne Procter, britisk poet og skribent, Adelaide Anne Procter, poeta y filántropa británica, Adelaide Anne Procter, brittisk poet och författare and Adelaide Anne Procter, inglise luuletaja.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is poetry and short story.
Chronology
- 1825Adelaide Anne Procter born at Bloomsbury.
- 1864Adelaide Anne Procter died at London.
- 2004A House to Let.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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“Adelaide Anne Procter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q4681673: Adelaide Anne Procter
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