Dudleya North

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Dudleya North (* 1675 in London , † April 25, 1712 in London) was an English or British orientalist .

Dudleya North was the second daughter of Charles North, 5th Baron North , and of Katherine († 1694), the only daughter of William Gray, 1st Baron Gray of Warke . After her father's death in 1691, her mother married Francis Russell, who became governor of Barbados in 1694 , where she died that same year. Dudleya grew up with her younger brothers William and Charles and was tutored with them by private tutors. The siblings were closely related to one another, and the two brothers developed a deep admiration for their older, intelligent sister. Dudleya possessed a natural talent for languages ​​and was soon fluent in Latin and Greek . She then learned Hebrew , and after further studies, she received an extensive education in Oriental Studies . She remained closely associated with her brothers throughout her life. Her older brother William had planned to marry her off, but she was not interested in marriage and lived for her studies. She died in 1712 in her sister-in-law's house in London, allegedly of emaciation . Dudleya was buried in the family vault at Kirtling, Cambridgeshire .

Her uncle Roger North took over her estate, her book collection with numerous specialist books on oriental studies as well as her manuscripts formed the basic stock of a church library in Rougham in Norfolk . The library, which contained around 1,150 books in 1714, was closed at the end of the 18th century and the holdings were dispersed.

Web links

  • Lawrence B. Smith: North, William, sixth Baron North, second Baron Gray of Rolleston, and Jacobite Earl North (1678-1734). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ^ George Ballard, Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain. Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings Or Skill in the Learned Languages ​​Arts and Sciences. Oxford 1752, p. 414
  2. ↑ Catharine Gray on thepeerage.com , accessed August 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Michael Perkin; Neil Ripley Ker: A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales. Bibliographical Society, London 2004. ISBN 0948170131 , p. 333
personal data
SURNAME North, Dudleya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English or British orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1712
Place of death London