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Biography

Name: Harriet Martineau
Birth Date: June 12, 1802
Death Date: June 27, 1876
Place of Birth: Norwich, England
Place of Death: Westmoreland, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Harriet Martineau
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1874), the "founding mother of sociology", was the daughter of an English textile manufacturer who lost his business during a depression in 1825 and died in 1826. Martineau supported herself, her mother, a crippled sister, and...
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Biography of Harriet Martineau
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), an English writer and an adherent of positivist philosophy, was one of the most widely admired writers of her day. Harriet Martineau was born in Norwich on June 12, 1802. Her life is the story of adversity overcome. Armed...
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Biography of Harriet Martineau
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Harriet Martineau exhibited remarkable intellectual precocity, discovering John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667) at age seven. Beginning with her study of Malthusian political economy at age fourteen and culminating in her editorializing against the...
 


Quotations
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Harriet Martineau Quotes
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Harriet Martineau ( June 12 , 1802 - June 27 , 1876 ) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist. Sourced If a test of civilization be sought, none...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Martineau, Harriet, 1802–76 : Economics Topics
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Leading popularizer of economics in England in the mid-nineteenth century. Born in Norwich, the daughter of a Unitarian cloth manufacturer, she studied SMITH, RICARDO and MALTHUS from the age of 14 and was inspired to write on political economy by...
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Harriet Martineau Information
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Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802 – June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long...


News and Journals
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AP News
Today in history - June 3
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Today is Sunday, June 3, the 154th day of 2007. There are 211 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.On this date:In 1621, the...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Shelagh Hunter
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In the following excerpt, Hunter discusses Martineau's social criticism, including Society in America.
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Critical Essay by Valerie Sanders
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In the following excerpt, Williams comments on the economic themes in Martineau's work.
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Critical Essay by Gillian Thomas
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In the following excerpt, Thomas analyzes Martineau's fiction.
 


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