NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Grote, Harriet, 1792-1878 NRA: Grote Harriet (1792-1878) nee Lewin Biographer DNB: Grote [née Lewin], Harriet (1792-1878), woman of letters LBT ID: HaGrote1878 VIAF ID: 59847047 LOC ID: no90000268 | B/BAP: 1792-07-01 DIED: 1878-12-29 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
The daughter of an India merchant, Thomas Lewin, she married the George Grote in 1820 and
with her husband was part of the Bentham-Mill circle of radicals. She published articles
and biographies and patronized Felix Mendelssohn and Jenny Lind. | |