Elizabeth Hamilton (1758-1816) was a prominent figure in the Scottish intellectual landscape of her day. An Orientalist, a Roman historian, and a philosopher of education, she published highly successful books in all these fields, as well as doing pioneering practical work for the cause of women's education. Elizabeth Benger's text is still the only biography of this remarkable woman. Written by a friend of the Hamilton family, it includes an autobiographical fragment, extracts from Hamilton's journals, and letters to her friend and fellow-philosopher Dugald Stewart. This work has much light to shed on the developing position of women in intellectual life. It should be of interest to researchers in a variety of disciplines.
- ISBN10 1855069792
- ISBN13 9781855069794
- Publish Date 15 November 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Thoemmes Continuum
- Edition Facsimile edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 706
- Language English