Pleasance Smith
Pleasance Smith (11 May 1773 – 3 February 1877) (née Reeve) was an English letter writer and literary editor.
Pleasance Smith | |
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 "as a gypsy" by John Opie | |
| Born | Pleasance Reeve 11 May 1773 |
| Died | 3 February 1877 (aged 103) Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |
| Known for | correspondence, being a 19th century centenarian |
| Title | Lady |
| Spouse(s) | Sir James Edward Smith |
Life
Smith was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1773. She married James Edward Smith. After she married in 1796 she was painted "as a gypsy" by John Opie.
After her husband died in 1828 she edited a biography of him which included some of his letters. This was published in 1832.[1]
Smith died in Lowestoft having already achieved an age of 100 in 1873. She was said to have retained her faculties and most of her teeth. She received a personal letter from Queen Victoria to "her friend" on her 100th birthday.[2]
References
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- James Edward Smith; Pleasance Smith (24 November 2011). Memoir and Correspondence of the Late Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-03708-2.
- Pleasance Smith, ODNB, Retrieved 6 July 2016
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