Clarinda Atkyns, née Knowles, lifelong friend of Thomas Love Peacock. Peacock declared his love for the fifteen year old beauty in an 1812 letter to his friend Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (cf. Joukovsky, N. Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, 47). She eventually married the Revd. John Atkyns (1802 or 1803-1875).
From the guide to the Clarinda Knowles Atkyns manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1850, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)
Clarinda Atkyns, née Knowles, lifelong friend of Thomas Love Peacock. Peacock declared his love for the fifteen year old beauty in an 1812 letter to his friend Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (cf. Joukovsky, N. Letters of Thomas Love Peacock, 47). She eventually married the Revd. John Atkyns (1802 or 1803-1875).
From the description of Clarinda Knowles Atkyns manuscript material, ca. 1850 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 73506313
