Frederica Maclean Rowan

Frederica Maclean Rowan
Born	22 April 1814 West Indies
Died	23 October 1882 London, England
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Frederica Maclean Rowan (22 April 1814 – 23 October 1882) was a British author and translator.

Life

Rowan was born in West Indies in 1814.

She worked for some years for the barrister and philanthropist Sir Francis Goldsmid. His wife was Louisa Goldsmid who campaigned for women's rights and education. Rowan had more moderate opinions believing that women should have equality under the law but without the need for political action.^[1]

Her most notable translation is that of work by Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke^[2] which was appreciated by Prince Albert. After Albert's death, Queen Victoria asked Rowan to translate further and assisted her by editing the resulting text.^[1]

Rowan died in Maida Hill in London in 1882.

References

1. F. T. Marzials, ‘Rowan, Frederica Maclean (1814–1882)’, rev. Susanne Stark, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 Nov 2015
2. Susanne Stark (1 January 1999). 'Behind Inverted Commas': Translation and Anglo-German Cultural Relations in the Nineteenth Century. Multilingual Matters. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-1-85359-375-8.