Anne Lister
Anne Lister was a land owner, traveler, diarist, writer and lord of the manor (1791–1840). She was born at Halifax and died at Kutaisi.
Also recorded as Gentleman Jack; Fred.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Gentleman Jack and Fred. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was Anglicanism.
Identity
What the record establishes about Anne Lister.
Anne Lister is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Anne Lister is recorded as land owner, traveler, diarist, writer and lord of the manor. VIAF establishes this heading under the identifier 69113357. Open Library catalogues 7 works under this name.
Catalogued works
6 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.
Slipping Through the Cracks. Tale of Jaufre. Telling the Tale of Jaufre. Caballero Jack. Caballero Jack. Los diarios de Anne Lister. Atmosphere.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Lister, Anne (1791–1840), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. I The Anne Lister Diaries, As Good as a Marriage, 2023. Anne Lister 1806-32, Female Fortune, 2022. LANDFILL STORMWATER CHANNELS USE CELLULAR CONFINEMENT TECHNOLOGY, 1999. Anne Lister as a queer reader of Martial, Eugesta, 2025. The “Gentleman-like” Anne Lister on Gentleman Jack: Queerness, Class, and Prestige in “Quality” Period Dramas, International Journal of Communication, 2021.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 30 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1791Anne Lister born at Halifax.
- 1840Anne Lister died at Kutaisi.
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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I The Anne Lister Diaries, As Good as a Marriage, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Lister, Anne (1791–1840), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Open Library author record for Anne Lister (Internet Archive), 7 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 6.
Select Bibliography on Anne Lister, Decoding Anne Lister, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 5 articles naming Anne Lister.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1147863962, Anne Lister.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 9.
Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Anne Lister.
scholarly index · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
VIAF cluster 69113357 for Anne Lister, aggregating national library name authorities.
authority file · Unverified · OCLC
Consult the source - 11.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 201 works naming Anne Lister.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 12.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2745195: Anne Lister
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 13.
“Anne Lister”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.
![Watercolour portrait of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall. Probably the portrait painted by a Mrs Taylor on Wednesday 20 and Thursday November 1822, as described in Lister's diary: "Wednesday 20 November [Halifax] At 12:40, too George in the gig drove to Mrs Taylor's. Sat for my likeness perhaps 1 1/4 hour. Very well satisfied with the sketch. There is something so very characteristic in the figure. Pai](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Anne_Lister_Restoration.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
Watercolour portrait of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall. Probably the portrait painted by a Mrs Taylor on Wednesday 20 and Thursday November 1822, as described in Lister's diary: "Wednesday 20 November [Halifax] At 12:40, too George in the gig drove to Mrs Taylor's. Sat for my likeness perhaps 1 1/4 hour. Very well satisfied with the sketch. There is something so very characteristic in the figure. Pai
Probably a Mrs Taylor of Hallifax · https://huddersfield.click/offtherecord/index.php/Lister_family_of_Shibden_Hall · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Books
28,953 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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