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Eleanor Anne Porden (14 July 1795 – 22 February 1825) was a British Romantic poet. She was the first wife of the explorer John Franklin.
One hundred and ninety-nine years ago, Eleanor Anne Franklin (née Porden) succumbed to the tuberculosis that had likely plagued her for much of her short life. The weeks leading up to her death were stressful, not least because,…
Porden, Eleanor Anne. Ode, Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Belgrave. Printed for the author by Cox and Baylis, 1819.
Apr 18, 2023 · This blog is dedicated to the life, times and works of Eleanor Anne Porden, a talented poet and a funny and vivacious woman, who led a short but incredible life. You’ve probably never heard of her – most people haven’t – but when they start delving deeper, and reading some of her excellent letters – they definitely want to find out more.
Mar 2, 2015 · In 1818, the poet Eleanor Anne Porden wrote and published The Arctic Expeditions. The poem is a paean to one of the first of the polar expeditions that would come to dominate ideas of British national pride in the nineteenth century.
- Adeline Johns-Putra
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Miss Porden, Mrs Franklin and the Arctic Expeditions: Eleanor Anne Porden and the Construction of Arctic Heroism (1818–25) By Janice Cavell, University of Toronto Edited by Frédéric Regard, The Sorbonne; Book: Arctic Exploration in the Nineteenth Century; Online publication: 05 December 2014
Eleanor Anne Franklin (nee Porden) was born ca. 1795 in London, youngest daughter of the eminent architect William Porden. Interested in science and the arts from an early age, she published her first poem The veils, or the triumph of constancy, a poem in 6 books in 1815, which led to her election as a member of the Institute of Paris.
