Elizabeth Elstob

Elizabeth Elstob
Initial with Elizabeth Elstob's portrait from her English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-Day of St. Gregory (1709)
Born(1683-09-29)29 September 1683
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died30 May 1756(1756-05-30) (aged 72)
Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire, England
OccupationsAnglo-Saxonist, Linguist, Historian, Author, Translator, Governess
Known forFirst scholar to publish Old English grammar in modern English
Academic work
Notable worksRudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue (1715), English-Saxon Homily on the Nativity of St Gregory (1709), Translation of Madeleine de Scudéry's Essay upon Glory (1708)

Elizabeth Elstob (29 September 1683 – 30 May 1756), the "Saxon Nymph", was a pioneering scholar of Anglo-Saxon. She was the first person to publish a grammar of Old English written in modern English.

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