Jane Jowitt (14 May 1770 – 3 August 1846) was an Anglo-Irish poet and memoirist. Born in Dublin to some wealth, she moved to England following the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[1][2] Due to her Irish ancestry, Jowitt was denied work upon her arrival in Liverpool. She explains in her Memoirs (1844) how she travelled by foot from Liverpool to London.[3]
Jowitt spent time in a number of English cities following her journey to London. and eventually settled in Sheffield.[2] There, she worked odd jobs and gained some notice as a poet, primarily as a writer of memorials.[2][1]
Works
- Jowitt, Jane (1844). Memoirs of Jane Jowitt, the Poor Poetess, Aged 74 Years, Written by Herself. Sheffield: J. Pearce.
Notes
- ^ a b Harte 2009, p. 29.
- ^ a b c Foster, Paul (23 September 2004). "Jowitt [née Crawford; other married name Glover], Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70514. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Mitchell, Ian (24 February 2016). Tradition and Innovation in English Retailing, 1700 to 1850: Narratives of Consumption. Routledge. p. 61. doi:10.4324/9781315550398. ISBN 978-1-315-55039-8.
Sources
- Harte, Liam, ed. (2009), "Jane Jowitt, Memoirs of Jane Jowitt, the Poor Poetess, Aged 74 Years, Written by Herself", The Literature of the Irish in Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 29–32, doi:10.1057/9780230234017_7, ISBN 978-1-349-52602-4