Sarah Hoare (1777–1856) was a British author and artist known for her scientific poetry.

Biography

Hoare was born on 7 July 1777 in

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in the parish of St Peter le Poer, London to

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and Sarah (née Gurney) Hoare.General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England In 1831, she wrote and illustrated ''Poems on Conchology and Botany''. Hoare's book is an early example of a female Victorian author using observations and scientifically based research to inform her writing. Hoare's poems are a rare example of a collection based on

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. It has been argued that Hoare and her contemporaries were influenced by the writings of

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and in particular by his poem ''The Loves of Plants''. Poems on conchology and botany

Hoare was also an artist. The National Portrait Gallery holds a portrait of her father Samuel Hoare based on an original work by her. She died in

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in 1856. Hoare wrote a memoir of her father's life which was published posthumously in 1911.

Bibliography

A poem on the pleasures and advantages of botanical pursuits
(1826) * The brother, or, A few poems intended for the instruction of very young persons (1827)
Poems on Conchology and Botany
(1831)
Memoirs of Samuel Hoare by his daughter Sarah and his widow Hannah
(1911)

References

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