MRS See also:

• MARKHAM, GERVASE (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)
• MRS MARKHAM
• MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (183o- )
• MARKHAM, WILLIAM (1719-1807)

MARKHAM  , the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Penrose (1780-1837), See also:

• ENGLISH

English writer, daughter of See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND (1743–1823)
• CARTWRIGHT, JOHN (1740–1824)
• CARTWRIGHT, PETER (1785–1872)
• CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
• CARTWRIGHT, THOMAS (c. 1535–1603)
• CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (1611–1643)

Cartwright the inventor of the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-See also:

• LOOM

loom . She was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at her See also:

• FATHER

father's rectory at Goadby Marwood, See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1780 . In 1804 she married the Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Penrose, a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country clergyman in See also:

• LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire and a voluminous theological writer . During her girlhood Mrs Penrose had frequently stayed with relatives at See also:

• MARKHAM, GERVASE (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)
• MARKHAM, MRS
• MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (183o- )
• MARKHAM, WILLIAM (1719-1807)

Markham, a, See also:

• VILLAGE

village in See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire, and from this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place she took the nom de plume of " Mrs Markham," under which she gained celebrity as a writer of See also:

• HISTORY

history and other books for the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young . The best known of her books was A History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from the First Invasion by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans to the End of the Reign of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III . (1823), which went through numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . In 1828 she published a History of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Both these See also:

• WORKS

works enjoyed a wide popularity in See also:

• AMERICA

America as well as in England . The distinctive characteristic of " Mrs Markham's " histories was the elimination of all the " horrors " of history, and of the complications of See also:

• MODERN

modern party politics, as being unsuitable for the youthful mind; and the addition to each See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of " Conversations " between a fictitious See also:

• GROUP

group consisting of teacher and pupils bearing upon the subject See also:

• MATTER

matter . Her less well-known works were Amusements of Westernheath, or Moral Stories for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (2 vols., 1824); A Visit to the Zoological Gardens (1829); two volumes of stories entitled The New Children's Friend (1832); See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Conversations for Young See also:

• PEOPLE

People (1836); Sermons for Children (1837) . Mrs Markham died at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1837 .

See See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904)

Smiles, A Publisher and his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends (2 vols., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1891) ; G . C . See also:

• BOASE, HENRY SAMUEL (1799-1883)

Boase and W . P . See also:

• COURTNEY, LEONARD HENRY COURTNEY, BARON

Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis (3 vols., London, 1874-1882) .