Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist (1802-1876) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 74
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Something wrong?Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself.
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The house in Gurney Court, Norwich, where Harriet Martineau was born
Harriet Martineau
Anne Whitney, Harriet Martineau, 1882, Davis Museum, Wellesley College
Plaque in Tynemouth
"The Knoll", Ambleside, residence of Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau, 1861, by Camille Silvy
Martineau in her later years, painted by George RichmondFamily
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United Kingdom
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1802 to 1876 · aged 74
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