Book launch: new book on Unitarian women by Ann Peart
For details of a forthcoming launch of an exciting new book entitled Unitarian Women, written by one of our members, Ann Peart, please click here. The book includes a chapter…
Now out in paperback: Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines
In case you haven't yet purchased a copy of Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines by Martineau-Society members, Valerie Sanders and Gaby Weiner, it is now out in paperback.…
Harriet Martineau and the Lake District: Cumbria University MA
The University of Cumbria is launching an exciting new master's programme entitled Literature, Romanticism, and the English Lake District at its Ambleside campus, with Harriet Martineau featuring several modules. For…
Report from Tennessee on last year’s Martineau Society conference
Click here for report from from Josie and Kinsey about last year's conference
2019 Martineau Society Conference: 23-26 July, Manchester
Venue: Chancellors Hotel, Chancellors Way, Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6NN 0161 907 7414 Hotel website: http://www.chancellorshotel.co.uk Conference Organiser: John Vint, email j.vint@mmu.ac.uk Manchester, often referred to as the ‘First Industrial…
Miss J, who accompanied HM to America 1834–36
The first article ever on Miss J, who accompanied HM to America 1834--36, appeared in Notes&Queries in September 2018 and was written by G. Peter Winnington (University of Lausanne) -…
Martineau Society newsletters, index for numbers 1-41
Click here for updated subject index for Martineau Society newsletters 1-41. Thanks to Valerie Sanders for all your hard work in completing the update, and to Alan Middleton and Sophia…
2018 Annual Meeting: 24th-27th July, Dr Williams’s Library, London
Annual Conference 2018 - London Venue: Dr Williams’s Library (click here for pic) , 14 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0AR http://www.dwl.ac.uk Dates: Tuesday July 24th – Friday July 27th,…
Martineau Society member Valerie Doulton and Emily Bronte
Please Note: THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Emily Bronte: A Celebration Celebrate the bicentenary of Emily Bronte’s birth with a reading of her poetry in front of her portrait. Valerie Doulton…
Martineau link to Sir Francis Ronalds, inventor of the electric telegraph
Sir Francis Ronalds' second sister Mary Anne (1794-1882) married one of his old schoolmates, Peter Martineau (1785-1869). Peter was the son of Peter Finch Martineau. His first cousins included Harriet…