Priscilla Ann Ricardo [née Wilkinson]

(1768-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ricardo, David, 1772-1823 LBT ID: PrRicar1849 LOC ID: n78095325	B/BAP: 1768 DIED: 1849-10-16
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (December 1849) 668; DNB ["David Ricardo"]; LOC Name Authority File
The daughter of Edward Wilkinson, a Quaker surgeon; in 1793 she married the economist David Ricardo. Maria Edgeworth admired her “cordial openhearted benevolence of manner, no affectation, no thought about herself.”