Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall, (1868 - 1919), who wrote under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was a writer best known for her biography of Voltaire. She completed her biography of Voltaire The Friends of Voltaire in 1906. She wrote the phrase, which is often mis-attributed to Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs.^[1]

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Boller, Jr., Paul F.; George, John (1989). They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505541-1. 

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• The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes (1896).
  

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• The Women of the Salons, and Other French Portraits (1901).
• The Friends of Voltaire (1906). ISBN 1-4102-1020-0
• The Life of Voltaire (1907). ISBN 1-4102-1346-3
• The Life of Mirabeau (1912). ISBN 1-4102-1024-3
• Voltaire In His Letters (translator) (1919). ISBN 1-4102-1195-9

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