Rose Emma Salaman (also Collins; – 23 December 1898) was an English poet and translator. She was born in

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parents Alice (née Cowen) and Simeon Kensington Salaman. Her thirteen siblings included Charles Kensington,

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, and Julia Salaman. On 12 May 1857, she married Judah (Julius) Collins, a surgeon and

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of the

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, whose brother was architect . Salaman's work appeared in numerous British and American periodicals during the 1840s and 1850s, including

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's '' Occident and American Jewish Advocate''. Her only published volume of poetry was ''Poems by R. E. S.'' (1853), dedicated to physiologist Marshall Hall. The work was well-received by critics, and was reportedly the only book accepted by

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in the year of

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following Prince Albert's death in 1861.

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1815 births 1898 deaths 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English poets 19th-century Sephardi Jews British women hymnwriters English Jewish writers English women poets German–English translators Hebrew–English translators Jewish poets Jewish women writers Rose Emma Salaman Writers from London {{England-poet-stub