CARNE, ELIZABETH CATHERINE THOMAS (1817–1873), author, fifth daughter of Joseph Carne, F.R.S. [q. v.], was born at Rivière House, in the parish of Phillack, Cornwall, on 16 Dec. 1817, and baptised in Phillack church on 15 May 1820. On her father's death in 1858, having come into an ample fortune, she spent considerable sums in charitable purposes, gave the site for the Elizabeth or St. Paul's schools which were opened at Penzance on 2 Feb. 1876, founded schools at Wesley Rock, Carfury, and Bosullow, three thinly populated districts in the neighbourhood of Penzance, and built a museum in which to exhibit to the public a fine collection of minerals which she had inherited from her parent. She was the head of the Penzance bank from 1858 to her decease. She inherited her father's love of geology, and wrote four papers in the ‘Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall:’ ‘Cliff Boulders and the Former Condition of the Land and Sea in the Land's End district,’ ‘The Age of the Maritime Alps surrounding Mentone,’ ‘On the Transition and Metamorphosis of Rocks,’ and ‘On the Nature of the Forces that have acted on the Formation of the Land's End Granite.’ Many articles were contributed by her to the ‘London Quarterly Review,’ and she was the author of several books. She died at Penzance on 7 Sept. 1873, and was buried at Phillack on 12 Sept. Her funeral sermon was preached in St. Mary's Church, Penzance, by the Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland on 14 Sept. She was the author of: 1. ‘Three Months' Rest at Pau in the Winter and Spring of 1859,’ brought out with the pseudonym of John Altrayd Wittitterly in 1860. 2. ‘Country Towns and the place they fill in Modern Civilisation,’ 1868. 3. ‘England's Three Wants,’ an anonymous book, 1871. 4. ‘The Realm of Truth,’ 1873.
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Fascinating lady! All that accomplishment and she too felt the need for a nom de plume when publishing
BeantwoordenVerwijderenShe looks like Maria Bronte's mother, Ann nee' Carne . Though the nose is different. If one looks at the portrait of Elizabeth Branwell and Maria Branwell, one sees a different nose in each sister . One is rounded ( EB) and the other beaked ( MB)
One can see those noses on the Bronte girls in Bramwell's column painting ( Anne having the beaked nose there.) Though in Richmond's portrait of Charlotte, it is there again..however that seems a Bronte nose lol ) I maintain Emily took after the Branwells( or perhaps Carnes) in that her portrait in the column group looks like the silhouette of Aunt Branwell ...straight nose and a prominent mouth
With all that Elisabeth Carne did, she should be better known!
Great post!
I never heard of the lady before.
VerwijderenAnd I wonder, did Elizabeth ever met the Bronte Sisters? What did she think of the books from the sisters? Did they sent each other letters?
The beautiful picture. I was so surprised to find it.
VerwijderenInteraction between Hawoth and Cornwall over the years seem to be even more blank that that of Haworth and Ireland! Yet Aunt Branwell must of kept up a lively correspondence with family back home. Someone that devoted to family and her birth place had to .
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIn generally the blank around Aunt B and Charlotte is remarkable . CN never seem to have a close relation with an older woman of her own class until later in life with Miss Wooler Also late in life CB mentions a Cornwall cousin staying at the Parsonage, but says nothing else about it .
It would be interesting to see if Elisabeth Carne left letters. I don't see why not for someone that successful in so many fields.
It's a marvelous picture and to me if one places it next to Emily's column portrait and takes in consideration Elisabeth Carne is years older, the family resemblance is there .
There is so much to learn by looking beyond an immediate group of people to the extended family !
Thank you for the post and the photo!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI found another blog post about her
http://www.earthseye.net/tag/elizabeth-carne/