Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger

(1775-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827 DNB: Benger, Elizabeth Ogilvy (bap. 1775, d. 1827), historian and novelist LBT ID: ElBenge1827 VIAF ID: 24855516 LOC ID: n85312083	B/BAP: 1775-06-15 DIED: 1827-01-09
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Literary hostess who published poems, novels, biographies and translated Klopstock's letters. William Jerdan describes her as a companion.
REFERENCES TO Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger: Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [April 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: My Own Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 17: Literary Characters Found 1: ¶ 23 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 145 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 2 Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 19 Chapter 5 Found 1: ¶ 34 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XV Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1800 Found 1: ¶ 2