Jane Welsh Carlyle

Jane Welsh Carlyle
Born
Jane Baillie Welsh

(1801-07-14)14 July 1801
Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Died21 April 1866(1866-04-21) (aged 64)
London, England
Resting placeSt Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington, Scotland
OccupationWriter
Spouse
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(m. 1826⁠–⁠1866)​
Parents
  • John Welsh (father)
  • Grace Caplegill (mother)
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Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh; 14 July 1801 – 21 April 1866) was a Scottish writer and the wife of Thomas Carlyle.

Although she did not publish any novels in her lifetime, she was widely known as an extraordinary letter writer. Virginia Woolf called her one of the "great letter writers", and Elizabeth Hardwick described her work as a "private writing career".

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