Cornwallis, Mary Harris, ca. 1755-ca. 1835.
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Cornwallis, Mary Harris, ca. 1755-ca. 1835.
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Cornwallis, Mary Harris, ca. 1755-ca. 1835.
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Mary (Harris) Cornwallis, author, married Reverend William Cornwallis (1751-1827), rector of Elham and Wittersham in Kent. She wrote and published several religious works, including Observations, Critical, Explanatory and Practical on the Canonical Scriptures (1817) and A Preparation for the Lord's Supper...Intended for the Use of Ladies (1826). She had two daughters, Sarah Cornwallis (1779-1803), and Caroline Francis Cornwallis (1786-1858). The latter became a feminist author of works on Christianity, education, and women's rights; she also wrote an encyclopedic compilation titled Philosophical Theories and Philosophical Experience, by a Pariah (1842), and a novel, Pericles (1846).
Mary Harris Cornwallis, of Wittersham, Kent, England, was the author of two religious works. In 1778, she married William Cornwallis (1751-1827), the rector of Wittersham for some thirty years. They had two daughters, Sarah (1779-1803), and the scholar and writer Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858).
Mary Harris Cornwallis, of Wittersham, Kent, England, was the author of two religious works.
In 1778, she married William Cornwallis (1751-1827), the rector of Wittersham for some thirty years. They had two daughters, Sarah (1779-1803), and the scholar and writer Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858).
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