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Elizabeth Lynn (Eliza Lynn) (Elizabeth) Linton

1822–98

Author and journalist. Née Lynn; published as E. Lynn Linton following her marriage to radical republican William James Linton in 1858. Joined the staff of the Morning Chronicle in 1848; foreign correspondent, Paris, 1851–4. Wrote historical novels and social commentary. Originally a supporter of women’s rights, she became a vocal critic. A self-proclaimed agnostic and critic of the Church of England.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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