LC control no. | no2013084340 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Davenport, Selina, 1779-1859 |
Variant(s) | Wheler, Selina Granville, 1779-1859 |
Birth date | 17790627 |
Death date | 18590714 |
Place of birth | London, England |
Profession or occupation | Authors |
Found in | The hypocrite, or the modern Janus, 1814: title page (Selina Davenport) Donald Monteith, the handsomest man of the age, 1815: title page (Selina Davenport, author of The Hypocrite, or the Modern Janus; The Sons of the Viscount and Daughters of the Earl) Wikipedia, August 2, 2013 (Selina Davenport; an English author of the Romantic period; born Selina Granville Wheler on June 27, 1779 in London; she married Richard Alfred Davenport on September 6, 1800; Selina Davenport wrote a total of eleven novels; her early works were published by the Minerva Press, and her later by A. K. Newman & Company; Davenport supported her family financially in various business ventures, including running both a coffee house and a dance school; she died July 14, 1859 and is buried at St. John's Parish Church in Knutsford) |
Associated language | eng |