Elizabeth Jesser Reid [née Sturch]

(1789-1866)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Reid Elizabeth Jesser (1789-1866) nee Sturch Anti-slavery Activist and Founder of Bedford College LBT ID: ElReid1866	B/BAP: 1789-12-25 DIED: 1866-04-01
SOURCES: Wikipedia
Anti-slavery activist and founder of Bedford College in London; she married Dr. John Reid of Glasgow in 1821.
REFERENCES TO Elizabeth Jesser Reid [née Sturch]: Harriet Martineau to William Harness, 3 June [1841] in Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 L'Estrange, A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan), 1832-1915, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter VI.