Benger Elizabeth Ogilvy

Title

Benger Elizabeth Ogilvy

Creator

Ogilvy = maiden name?

Identifier

?

Coverage

Wells, Somerset

Birth Date

bap. 1775

First Name

Elizabeth Ogilvy

Last Name

Benger

Bibliography

Ref Jackson (1993), 25-6; Basker, 620-2. [F]

Occupation

daughter of a navy purser, ‘read open books in shop windows, returning each day when the page had been turned’

Death Date

1827

Nationality

E

Publications

The Female Geniad; a Poem (London, 1791), ‘A Poem, Occasioned by the Abolition of the Slave Trade’ in Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade by James Montgomery, James Graham and E. Benger (London, 1809), 101-41.

OED DNB

Yes
Date Added
September 21, 2012
Collection
Labour Class Poets
Item Type
Person
Citation
Ogilvy = maiden name?, “Benger Elizabeth Ogilvy,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed April 27, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/232.