Elizabeth Tollet
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Elizabeth Tollet was a British
poet. Her surviving works are varied; she produced translations of classical themes, religious and philosophical poetry and poems arguing for better education for women. Unusually, for a woman of her time, her poetry also includes scientific imagery.
She was the daughter of George Tollet
who, observing her intelligence, gave her a thorough education in languages, history, poetry and mathematics. The Tollets' social circle included Isaac Newton
, who also encouraged her to pursue her education.
In 1724 she published Poems on Several Occasions, which included her Hypatia, now seen as a feminist protest poem.
On Newton's death in 1727 Tollet produced an elegy, On the Death of Sir Isaac Newton.
She died in 1754 in the village of Westham
, Essex
(now known as West Ham) and is buried at All Saints church there.
British people
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poet. Her surviving works are varied; she produced translations of classical themes, religious and philosophical poetry and poems arguing for better education for women. Unusually, for a woman of her time, her poetry also includes scientific imagery.
She was the daughter of George Tollet
George Tollet
George Tollet was a mathematician and naval administrator.He was born in Dublin, the son of Thomas Tollet of London and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
who, observing her intelligence, gave her a thorough education in languages, history, poetry and mathematics. The Tollets' social circle included Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
, who also encouraged her to pursue her education.
In 1724 she published Poems on Several Occasions, which included her Hypatia, now seen as a feminist protest poem.
On Newton's death in 1727 Tollet produced an elegy, On the Death of Sir Isaac Newton.
She died in 1754 in the village of Westham
West Ham
West Ham is in the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War social housing...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
(now known as West Ham) and is buried at All Saints church there.