Swanton-Belloc, Louise, 1796-1881

Louise Swanton-Belloc, French translator and essayist. Among the many English authors she translated into French was her friend, Maria Edgeworth. Swanton-Belloc was on the editorial board of the famous Revue Encyclopedique for twelve years and collaborated with other important magazines, such as the Revue des Deux Mondes, the Magazin Pittoresque, the Musee de Familles and the Revue de Paris. La Ruche, the first journal dedicated to teaching by correspondence, was edited and published by Swanton-Belloc and her lifelong friend and collaborator, Adelaide Montgolfier. She was the French paternal grandmother of English writers Hilaire Belloc and Marie Belloc Lowndes.

From the description of Louise Swanton-Belloc manuscript material : 1 item, 1824 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76698810