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== OnePersonAccount, Bananastander and and Maicoo == |
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| ⚫ | '''Barbara Henry Farquhar''' <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1057237368 |title=The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women |date=2018 |others=Elizabeth Ewan |isbn=978-1-4744-3629-8 |location=Edinburgh |page=136 |oclc=1057237368}}</ref> (c.1815-1875) was a thinker and educator made famous through the endorsement by [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert]] on a manuscript produced in 1847 regarding the temporal value of the Sabbath.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn6lqi&view=1up&seq=11 The Pearl of Days, or the advantages of the Sabbath to the working classes] She was the eldest of ten siblings. She was born in [[Peterculter]], [[Aberdeenshire]] to her parents [[Lilias Smith]], and [[Morison Smith]], gardener. She went on to marry [[James Williamson Farquhar]] in 1850. |
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=== Life === |
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| ⚫ | '''Barbara Henry Farquhar''' <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1057237368 |title=The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women |date=2018 |others=Elizabeth Ewan |isbn=978-1-4744-3629-8 |location=Edinburgh |page=136 |oclc=1057237368}}</ref> (c.1815-1875) was a thinker and educator made famous through the endorsement by [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert]] on a manuscript produced in 1847 regarding the temporal value of the Sabbath.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn6lqi&view=1up&seq=11 The Pearl of Days, or the advantages of the Sabbath to the working classes] She was the eldest of ten siblings. She was born in [[Peterculter]], [[Aberdeenshire]] to her parents [[Lilias Smith]], and [[Morison Smith]], gardener. She went on to marry [[James Williamson Farquhar]] in 1850. Together they opened a school in [[Cupar]] but later relocated to [[London]] where she passed away in 1875. |
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=== Career === |
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Her first publication, ''The Pearl of Days'', was the result of a competition essay which caught the attention of the then [[Lord Ashley]] (later [[Earl of Shaftesbury|Lord Shaftesbury]]) who commended its content to Queen Victoria. The subsequent print version of the manuscript featured a written endorsement by the Queen and was made widely available. It was translated into 3 languages: Welsh, German and Norwegian. |
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Her second publication recommended the education of girls in medical sciences. |
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=== Publications === |
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[edit]Life
[edit]Barbara Henry Farquhar [1] (c.1815-1875) was a thinker and educator made famous through the endorsement by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on a manuscript produced in 1847 regarding the temporal value of the Sabbath.The Pearl of Days, or the advantages of the Sabbath to the working classes She was the eldest of ten siblings. She was born in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire to her parents Lilias Smith, and Morison Smith, gardener. She went on to marry James Williamson Farquhar in 1850. Together they opened a school in Cupar but later relocated to London where she passed away in 1875.
Career
[edit]Her first publication, The Pearl of Days, was the result of a competition essay which caught the attention of the then Lord Ashley (later Lord Shaftesbury) who commended its content to Queen Victoria. The subsequent print version of the manuscript featured a written endorsement by the Queen and was made widely available. It was translated into 3 languages: Welsh, German and Norwegian.
Her second publication recommended the education of girls in medical sciences.
Publications
[edit]Farquhar, B. H. (1849). The pearl of days, or The advantages of the Sabbath to the working classes. New York: M.W. Dodd.
Farquhar, B. H. (1851). Female Education; its Importance, Design, and Nature Considered. ISBN 9781296985110
References
[edit]- ^ The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Elizabeth Ewan. Edinburgh. 2018. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8. OCLC 1057237368.
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