Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet)
Elizabeth Amherst Thomas | |
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Lutraria magna from Emanuel Mendes da Costa's Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ (London, 1778: pl.17, fig.4). Da Costa was one of Amherst's scientific correspondents. | |
| Born | Elizabeth Amherst c. 1716 |
| Died | 1779 |
| Occupation | poet and naturalist |
| Language | English |
| Spouse | John Thomas |
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Elizabeth Frances Amherst (later Thomas; c. 1716 – 1779), was an English poet and amateur naturalist. Although she remained largely unpublished during her own lifetime, she has engendered interest among twentieth- and twenty-first-century critics.