Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie
A 1798 portrait of Amelia Opie by her husband, John Opie
Born
Amelia Alderson

12 November 1769
Norwich, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died2 December 1853(1853-12-02) (aged 84)
Resting placeGildencroft Quaker Cemetery, Norwich
Occupation(s)18th century novelist and poet
SpouseJohn Opie (1798–1807; his death)

Amelia Opie (née Alderson; 12 November 1769 – 2 December 1853) was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic period up to 1828. A Whig supporter and Bluestocking,[1][2] Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. Hers was the first of 187,000 names presented to the British Parliament on a petition from women to stop slavery.

  1. ^ Earland, A. (1911). John Opie and His Circle. Hutchinson & Company. p. 180. Retrieved 29 December 2023. Mrs. Opie, an inveterate hero - worshipper, had an immense admiration for Charles James Fox [a Whig]. Her last sight of ... Whig party mourned his loss as...
  2. ^ "Correspondence of Amelia Opie - UGA at Oxford, Fall 2022". © 2023 Roxanne Eberle. 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023. She has been variously (and often simultaneously) identified as a radical Whig, conservative reactionary, flirtatious bluestocking, pious Quaker