Anna Swanwick (1813-1899) was an English author and feminist, born in Liverpool. In Berlin she studied German, Greek, and Hebrew, and after settling in London took up mathematics also. Her volumes of translations appeared as Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller (1843); Faust, Tasso, Iphigenie, and Egmont (1850); complete translation of Æschylus (1873); and Faust (1878).

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  • Anna Swanwick (1813-1899) was an English author and feminist, born in Liverpool. In Berlin she studied German, Greek, and Hebrew, and after settling in London took up mathematics also. Her volumes of translations appeared as Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller (1843); Faust, Tasso, Iphigenie, and Egmont (1850); complete translation of Æschylus (1873); and Faust (1878). She assisted in the founding of Girton College and Somerville Hall, Cambridge; advocated the study of English literature in the universities; and signed John Stuart Mill's petition to Parliament for the political enfranchisement of women. Besides her translations, Miss Swanwick published several books of her own writing.
  • Anna Swanwick, née à Liverpool en 1813, et décédée en 1899, est un auteur et une féministe anglaise. Elle étudia l'allemand, le grec et l'hébreu à Berlin, puis les mathématiques après s'être installée à Londres. Elle participa à la fondation du Girton College de Cambridge. Parallèlement à ses travaux de traductrice, elle publia de nombreux livres de sa plume.
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  • Anna Swanwick (1813-1899) was an English author and feminist, born in Liverpool. In Berlin she studied German, Greek, and Hebrew, and after settling in London took up mathematics also. Her volumes of translations appeared as Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller (1843); Faust, Tasso, Iphigenie, and Egmont (1850); complete translation of Æschylus (1873); and Faust (1878).
  • Anna Swanwick, née à Liverpool en 1813, et décédée en 1899, est un auteur et une féministe anglaise. Elle étudia l'allemand, le grec et l'hébreu à Berlin, puis les mathématiques après s'être installée à Londres. Elle participa à la fondation du Girton College de Cambridge. Parallèlement à ses travaux de traductrice, elle publia de nombreux livres de sa plume.
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