| LC control no. | nr 88010220 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Jane, 1806-1885 |
| Variant(s) | Ysgafell, Jane Williams 1805-1885 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Wales |
| Located | Talgarth (Powys, Wales) London (England) |
| Birth date | 1806-02-01 |
| Death date | 1885-03-15 |
| Field of activity | Wales--History Womens studies Biography |
| Profession or occupation | Historians |
| Found in | Davis, E. The autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, 1987: t.p. (Jane Williams (Ysgafell)) p. x (b. London 1806) Brit. CIP (Williams, Jane) NUC pre-56 (Williams, Jane, called Ysgafell, 1806-1885) The autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava nurse, daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladyr, 1857: t.p. (edited by Jane Williams (Ysgafell), author of "A memoir of the Rev. T. Price", &c.) Oxford DNB online, 13 July 2014 (Jane Williams, Jane [known as Jane Williams Ysgafell], historian and writer; born 1 February 1806 in Chelsea, London; died 15 March 1885 in London; it is from the old family estate at Ysgafell that she takes the epithet that invariably accompanies her name; as a young girl, she was sent to Talgarth for the fresh country air, and lived mainly at Neuadd Felen and briefly at Pipton Cottage, Pipton, near Glasbury-on-Wye; here she acquired a knowledge of Welsh and a love of Welsh literature and history; here, too, she became acquainted with the charismatic Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover; her earliest publications include a volume of poetry, privately published when she was eighteen, and a collection of devotional essays; the main body of her work, however, reflects her two dominant concerns-her deep interest in Welsh life and culture and a concern with and recognition of the value of women's lives, both contemporary and historical; she made two major, and many lesser, contributions to Welsh scholarship; she compiled "The literary remains of the Reverend Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc)"; her other epic research task was the production of "A history of Wales derived from authentic sources"; late twentieth-century scholars are chiefly interested in her biography of Betsy Cadwaladyr and her "The literary women of England") |
| Associated language | eng |
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