Elizabeth Dudley (Quaker)
Elizabeth Dudley | |
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Born | 1 September 1779 |
Died | 7 September 1849 | (aged 70)
Nationality | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Occupation | Preacher |
Known for | Leading evangelist for the Quakers |
Elizabeth Dudley (1 September 1779 – 7 September 1849) was an Irish born Quaker minister. She was the daughter of another leading minister, Mary Dudley. A later commentator[who?] decided that she contributed good works because she enjoyed less restrictions in her life than many women.
Life
Dudley was born in Clonmel. Her parents were Robert and Mary Dudley. Her mother was a leading Quaker preacher and she was the first of their eight children.[1] Her brother Charles Dudley was active in the British and Foreign Bible Society. Charles' son Robert Dudley was a noted artist.[2]
In 1808 she was accepted as a preacher for the Quakers in Southwark. She had moved with her widowed mother and her two sisters to London the year before. Her assessors noted that she was not as emotional in her preaching as her mother but she had a more reasoned approach. She travelled to preach in Britain but she did not travel abroad and only once visited Ireland despite her links to Tipperary.[1]
Her mother died in Peckham in 1823. In 1825 she put together her autobiography which was titled "The life of Mary Dudley, with some account of the illness and death of her daughter."[3]
In 1880
Dudley died in Peckham. Twelve years later Charles Tyler published a book about her life based on her diary and letters and also including correspondence by her sister Charlotte Dudley.[5]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47587. Retrieved 5 November 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Robert Dudley". atlantic-cable.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Dudley (quaker.), Mary (1825). The life of Mary Dudley, with some account of the illness and death of her daughter, Hannah [ed. by E. Dudley].
- ^ Sturge, Matilda (1880). Types of Quaker Womanhood. Friends' Tract Association.
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