CAMPBELL (MORRIESON), ELIZA CONSTANTIA (1796 - 1864), author
Name: Eliza Constantia Campbell
Date of birth: 1796
Date of death: 1864
Spouse: Hugh Morrieson
Spouse: Robert Campbell
Child: Lewis Campbell
Parent: Richard Pryce
Gender: Female
Occupation: author
Area of activity: Literature and Writing
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born 8 January 1796, she was the daughter of Richard Pryce of Gunley near Forden (one of whose ancestors, Capt. Richard Pryce, was a prominent Montgomeryshire Roundhead). She was twice married: first (1826) to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N. (died 1832), a cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet - one of their sons was Lewis Campbell the Greek scholar; and secondly (1844) to Capt. Hugh Morrieson, E.I.C. (died 1859).
She published Stories from the History of Wales, 1833, reissued in 1837 as Tales about Wales. She died in 1864.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
Sources
- R. Williams, Montgomeryshire Worthies (1894)
- Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department, Cardiff Free Libraries (1898)
Further Reading
- Wikipedia Article: Eliza Constantia Campbell
Additional Links
- Wikidata: Q20732687
Published date: 1959
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