Maria Abdy, née Smith, also known as Mrs Adby, (25 February 1797 – 19 July 1867) was an
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poet.
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Maria Abdy
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Life
Maria Abdy was born in London. She was an only child.
[ She was the daughter of Richard Smith, a solicitor, and Maria Smith, sister to ]James
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and Horace Smith, authors of the book of parodies ''Rejected Addresses
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'' (1812).
Although her mother was from a dissenting family, in 1821 she married John Channing Abdy, a clergyman who succeeded his father as rector of St John's, Southwark
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. John Channing Abdy and Maria Abdy had at least one boy, Albert Channing Abdy (born 1829), who attended Oxford and became a clergyman.Margate
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,St Peter's, Kent
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.[Virginia H. Blain]
‘Abdy , Maria (c.1800–1867)’
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Poems
Abdy's husband appears to have encouraged her to publish poetry. One poem in her first collection was written to celebrate the centenary of his church, and several of her religious poems were intended to be sung as hymns.The Metropolitan Magazine
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'', and annuals such as ''The Keepsake
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'', ''Forget-Me-Not'', ''Friendship's Offering'' and the ''Book of Beauty
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Works
* (as Mrs Abdy) ''Poetry'', privately printed, 1834
References
Further reading
* Feldman, Paula R. ''British Women Poets of the Romantic Era: An Anthology.'' JHU Press, 1997,pp. 1–5.
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External links
Index of Maria Abdy's Contributions to British Literary Annuals
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1797 births
1867 deaths
English women poets
Christian poets
19th-century English poets
19th-century English women writers
19th-century English writers
Writers from London