Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall (born September 28, 1868 in Shooter's Hill , Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich , † April 13, 1956 in Wadhurst , East Sussex ) was an English writer who wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre . She is best known for her biography The Life of Voltaire , published in 1903 .

In her further work The Friends of Voltaire , published in London in 1906 , which presents ten important comrades-in-arms ( friends ) of Voltaire in the fight of the Enlightenment against the infame in ten biographies , the author EB Hall Voltaire uses the much-quoted bon mot “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend your right to the death to say it "(" I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it ") in the mouth, as an illustration of Voltaire's attitudes . This phrase is incorrectly attributed to Voltaire himself on numerous Internet platforms describing the principle of freedom of expression , although it cannot be found anywhere in his works.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall death certificate

Hall arguably had a significant impact on the life of Hugh Stowell Scott (pseudonym: Henry Seton Merriman ). On his death in 1903 he left Hall £ 5,000 with the note "in gratitude for continued support and literary advice without which I would never have been able to make a living from writing." Adjusted for inflation, the total corresponds to an amount between £ 400,000 and £ 3,500,000 (as of 2010).

bibliography

All works were published under the name SG Tallentyre .

  • With HS Merriman: The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes. Smith, Elder & Co., London 1896.
  • The Women of the Salons, and Other French Portraits. Longmans, London 1901.
  • The Life of Voltaire. Smith, Elder & Co., London 1903.
  • The Friends of Voltaire. Smith, Elder & Co., London 1906.
  • The Life of Mirabeau. Smith, Elder & Co., London 1908.
  • Voltaire In His Letters. John Murray, London 1919. (translator)

Web links

Wikiquote: Evelyn Beatrice Hall  - Quotes

Remarks

  1. ^ Notices under the Trustee Act . In: The London Gazette . No. 40786, May 25, 1956, p. 3084. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Wills and Probate 1858-1996 . Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sources that date the death to 1919, e.g. B. Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale book of quotations , are incorrect in this regard. The mistake is likely caused by their last publications being from 1919.
  4. ↑ SG Tallentyre: The Friends of Voltaire . Smith Elder & Co. London, 1906, The Friends of Voltaire, p.199
  5. ↑ Burdette Kinnel: Voltaire Never Said it! In: Modern Language Notes . vol. 58, no. 7 , 1943, pp. 534-535 , JSTOR : 2911066 .
  6. ↑ The Advertiser, (Adelaide, SA) March 9, 1904 Original: "(...) in token of my gratitude for her continued assistance and literary advice, without which I should never have been able to have made a living by my pen ".
  7. ^ "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830 to Present"
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Evelyn Beatrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tallentyre, SG (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Shooter's Hill , Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1956
Place of death Wadhurst , East Sussex