Judith Madan

Judith Madan
Judith Madan
Born	26 August 1702
Died	7 December 1781
Genre	poetry
Spouse	Martin Madan
Children	9, including Martin Madan, Spencer Madan, and Frances Maria Cowper
Parents	Spencer Cowper and Pennington Goodere

Judith Madan (née Cowper; 26 August 1702 – 7 December 1781) was an English poet. She was the granddaughter of the diarist Sarah Cowper and aunt of the poet William Cowper.^[2] She was a correspondent, admirer and protégé of Alexander Pope prior to her marriage, and she composed an admired early-gothic work, Abelard to Eloisa, as a response to Pope's Eloisa to Abelard.

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