Procter, Adelaide Anne

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• Adelaide Anne Procter — Retrato de Procter, realizado por Emma Gaggiotti Richards. Nombre completo Adelaide Anne P …   Wikipedia Español

• Adelaide Anne Procter —     Adelaide Anne Procter     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Adelaide Anne Procter     Poetess and philanthropist, b. in London, England, 30 October, 1825; d. in London, 2 February, 1864. She was the eldest daughter of the poet Bryan Waller Procter (… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Adelaide Anne Procter — (October 30, 1825 ndash; February 2, 1864), an English poet, was the eldest daughter of the poet Bryan Procter.In 1851, Procter became a Roman Catholic. She took much interest in social questions affecting women. She wrote the well known songs… …   Wikipedia

• Procter, Bryan Waller and Adelaide Anne — (1787 1874)    • Bryan Waller (pseudonym, Barry Cornwall), the father, 1787 1874    Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, then trained as a solicitor. He practiced law in London, acquiring a large and prosperous practice… …   British and Irish poets

• Procter (surname) — Procter is a surname, and may refer to* Adelaide Anne Procter, British poet, daughter of Bryan Procter * Arthur Herbert Procter, British Army soldier * Bryan Procter, British poet * Cory Procter, American football player * Emily Procter, American …   Wikipedia

• Adelaide (disambiguation) — Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from Old High German Adalheidis nobility . The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide. French: Adélaïde or Adélaide ; the modern German form is Adelheid . Heidi, a nickname for Adelheid,… …   Wikipedia

• Procter — Procter, Bryan Waller, engl. Dichter, Pseudonym Barry Cornwall, geb. 21. Nov. 1787 zu London, Advokat das., gest. 5. Okt. 1874; schrieb: »English songs« (3. Ausg. 1851), »Essays and tales in prose« (1853). – Seine Tochter Adelaide Anne P., geb.… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

• Procter — n. Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 1864), American female poet …   English contemporary dictionary

• Bryan Procter — Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) (November 21, 1787 October 5, 1874) was an English poet.Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Robert Peel. On leaving school he was… …   Wikipedia

• Oxford period poetry anthologies — These are Oxford poetry anthologies of English poetry, which select from a given period. See also The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse. Contents 1 New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse (1991) 2 New Oxford Book of Eighteenth… …   Wikipedia