Henriette Guizot de Witt (August 6, 1829 in

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– 1908 in Paris) was a French writer who wrote under the name Mme de Witt, née Guizot.

Family

Henriette Guizot de Witt was the daughter of the historian and politician François Guizot"Henriette and Pauline Guizot"
/ref> and the wife of Conrad de Witt. She was the sister of Guillaume Guizot. Her younger sister Pauline married Cornélis Henri de Witt, Conrad de Witt's brother. One of Henriette's daughters was the

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and feminist activist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger.

Works

In order to support family finances, Henriette Guizot de Witt composed some one hundred novels and educational texts of moralized history, such as ''Légendes et récits pour la jeunesse'' (1876), ''Scènes historiques'' (five series, 1875–85), ''Les chroniques de l'histoire de France jusqu'au XIVe siècle'' (4 volumes 1882-85). She also translated

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and

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into French.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Witt, Henriette Guizot de French non-fiction writers Writers from Paris 1829 births 1908 deaths 19th-century French women writers