Sinnett, Percy, Mrs.
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Name (Latin)
Sinnett, Percy, Mrs.
Other forms of name
Fry, Jane, 1804-1870
Sinnett, Jane, 1804-1870
Sinnett, Jane
Date of birth
1804-03-08
Date of death
1870-11
Place of residence/headquarters
Hamburg (Germany)
London (England)
Field of activity
History
Translating and interpreting
German language
Occupation
Historians
Translators
Associated Language
engger
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- A child's history of the world, 1853:t.p. (Mrs. Percy Sinnett)
- A widow in Paris, 1872-1877 : the diary of Ellen Jane Ellis, 2011:introd. (the mother of the diarist was Jane Sinnett, née Fry, 1804-1870, who was married to Edward William Percy Sinnett who died in 1844; she was described as one of the most accomplished German scholars of her day; the family left Hamburg in 1836 to return to London; she translated several works, particularly from German authors; her own works incl. "The by-ways of history")
- British Library database 16 Nov. 2012(old hdg.: Sinnett, Jane, Mrs.)
- Diary of a journey from the Mississippi to the coasts of the Pacific, 1858:t.p. (translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnett)
- Oxford DNB online, 16 Nov. 2012:under entry for Alfred Percy Sinnett, 1840-1921 (son of Edward W. Percy Sinnett (d. 1845), and his wife, Jane, a historian and translator)
- Her Herdsmen and tillers of the ground, 1847:t.p. (Mrs. Percy Sinnett)
- RLIN database, 4/21/92(hdg.: Sinnett, Jane, "Mrs. Percy Sinnett")