Adelaide Procter (International) assertion Adelaide Procter i(A19003 works by) (a.k.a. Adelaide Anne Procter; Adelaide Procter)
This international person is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Born: Established: 30 Oct 1825 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 2 Feb 1864 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Female
Heritage: English
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BiographyHistory

Adelaide Procter was an English poet, playwright, short story writer and women's activist. She became a friend of Charles Dickens through her contributions to the English magazine, Household Words (1850-1859).

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Notes

  • Adelaide Procter is included in AustLit because [his/her] work is published (in part or in full), advertised or reviewed in Australian colonial newspapers and magazines; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.

  • For further information, see: Gill Gregory, ‘Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825–1864)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22834, accessed 19 Nov 2014]

  • Adelaide Procter's surnmane is sometimes mis-spelled 'Proctor'.

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