Margaret Roper, Lady Roper | |
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 Portrait of Margaret Roper, from a 1593 reproduction of a now-lost Hans Holbein portrait of all the women of Thomas More's family. | |
| Born | Margaret More 1505 Bucklersbury, London, England |
| Died | 1544 (aged 38–39) Chelsea, London, England |
| Resting place | St. Dunstan's, Canterbury |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Elizabeth Margaret Thomas Mary Anthony |
| Parents | Thomas More (father) Joanna Colt (mother) |
| Relatives | Elizabeth Dauncey (sister) Cecily Heron (sister) |
Margaret Roper (née More; 1505–1544) was an English writer and translator. Roper, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered to have been one of the most learned women in sixteenth-century England.[1] She is celebrated for her filial piety and scholarly accomplishments.[2] Roper's most known publication is a Latin-to-English translation of Erasmus' Precatio Dominica as A Devout Treatise upon the Paternoster.[3] In addition, she wrote many Latin epistles and English letters, as well as an original treatise entitled The Four Last Things. She also translated the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius from the Greek into the Latin language.[4]
- ^ "Jones, Mike Rodman. "Roper, Margaret", The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature, (Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. and Alan Stewart, eds.), Blackwell, 2012, DOI:10.1111/b.9781405194495.2012.x". Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- ^ Caldesi 1864, p. 79.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Williams (called Ysgafell.) 1861, p. 41.