Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781)
Autor de The Experienced English Housekeeper
Series
Obras de Elizabeth Raffald
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1733
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1781-04-19
- Lugar de sepultura
- St. Mary's Church, Stockport
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Manchester, England, UK
- Ocupaciones
- home economist
housekeeper - Biografía breve
- Elizabeth Whitaker was born in Yorkshire and went into domestic service at an early age. By 1760, she rose to become the housekeeper for Lady Warburton at Arley Hall, a great estate in Cheshire, near Manchester. Elizabeth married John Raffald, the head gardener at Arley Hall, and moved with him to Manchester, where his family owned several market gardens. The couple had 16 children. Elizabeth opened a shop selling hot dishes, cakes, and table decorations. She also established a registry for reliable servants for the gentry. She wrote The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769), dedicated to Lady Warburton, which became a major success. It went into numerous reprintings over the next century and was admired by everyone, including the young Queen Victoria, who copied portions into her private diary.
Miembros
Reseñas
Splendid selection of recipes almost all still ideal for use today.
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 69
- Popularidad
- #250,752
- Valoración
- 4.5
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 16
Fifteen authorised and twenty-three pirated editions of The experienced English house-keeper were published and it remained in print for nearly fifty years: the last edition appeared in 1810. It was a popular cookery book, including in colonial America, copies having been taken over by travellers, and versions printed there. She was also plagiarised heavily throughout the 18th and 19th century, including by Mary Smith (1772), John Townshend (1773), Richard Briggs (1788), Mary Cole (1789) and Mrs Beeton (1861).… (más)