Elizabeth Gunning (translator)

Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a French into English translator and a novelist.[1]

Gunning was the daughter of John Gunning and writer Susannah Gunning. Miss Gunning married Major James Plunkett of Kinnaird, Co. Roscommon, Ireland in 1803, and they had a son James "Gunning" Plunkett. [2][3] She died after a long illness on 20 July 1823, at Long Melford, Suffolk. Their other children included George Argyle Plunkett, who became a physician in Brooklyn, New York.

Works

She published several translations from the French, including:

Novels

References

  1. Archived July 15, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gent. Mag. 1803, pt. ii. p. 1251
  3. John Burke. A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage 1.

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