Catherine Grace Godwin
| Catherine Grace Godwin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 December 1798 Glasgow |
| Died | 1845 |
| Nationality | British |
Catherine Grace Godwin (25 December 1798 – 1845) was a poet.[1]
Life
Godwin was born in Glasgow on Christmas Day 1798[2] causing the death of her mother. Her father was Dr. Thomas Garnett who was devastated by the loss of his wife and he died in 1802.[3] Godwin and her sister were brought up by friends of their mother in Westmoreland.[2]
Girl in a white and red dress By Catherine Grace Godwin
Godwin published The Night before the Bridal and other poems before she married a Mr Godwin who had worked for the East India Company. She followed this with another book of poetry and she died in 1845.
In 1854 A. Cleveland Wigan gathered together her poems and had them published with her self-portrait.[2]
Works
- Alicia Grey, Or, to Be Useful Is to Be Happy
- Reine Canziani
- Josephine, Or, Early Trials
- The Wanderer's Legacy: a Collection of Poems, on Various Subjects
References
- ↑ "Godwin, Catherine Grace (1798-1845), poet and writer". oxfordindex.oup.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
Godwin, Catherine Grace (DNB00). Wikisource. - ↑ Garnett, Richard (1890). "Garnett, Thomas (1766–1802)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
citing: [Memoir prefixed to Zoonomia, 1804; Gent. Mag. 1802; Becker's Scientific London.]