Evelyn Beatrice Hall

This article is about the British writer. For the American athlete, see Evelyne Hall. For the Australian sportswoman, see Evelyn Halls.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Born(1868-09-28)28 September 1868
Shooter's Hill, Kent, England
Died13 April 1956(1956-04-13) (aged 87)
Wadhurst, East Sussex, England
Pen nameStephen G. Tallentyre
OccupationWriter

Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956),[1][2][3][Note 1] who wrote under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906.

In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"[4] as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs.[5] This quotation – which is sometimes misattributed to Voltaire himself – is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Notices under the Trustee Act". The London Gazette (40786): 3084. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Wills and Probate 1858–1996". Gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ Cox, Homer T. (1967). Henry Seton Merriman (Twayne's English Authors Series). New York: Twayne Publishers.
  4. ^ Tallentyre, S.G. (1906). "Helvétius: The Contradiction". The Friends of Voltaire. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. p. 199 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Kinne, Burdette (1943), "Voltaire Never Said it!", Modern Language Notes, 58 (7): 534–535, doi:10.2307/2911066, JSTOR 2911066 – Article citing a letter dated 9 May 1939.
  6. ^ Boller, Jr., Paul F.; George, John (1989). They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-19-505541-1.
  7. ^ Chapman, Bill (23 May 2005). "Voltaire Wrote..." Classroom Tools. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.


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