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See also:OPIE, AMELIA (1769-1853) , See also:English author, daughter of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Alderson, a physician in See also:Norwich, and was See also:born there on the 12th of See also:November 1769. See also:Miss Alderson had inherited See also:radical principles and was an ardent admirer of See also:Horne See also:Tooke. She was intimate with the Kembles and with Mrs See also:Siddons, with See also:Godwin and See also:Mary Wolistonecraft. In 1798 she married See also:John Opie, the painter. The nine years of her married See also:life were very happy, although her See also:husband did not See also:share her love of society. He encouraged her to write, and in 18or she produced a novel entitled See also:Father and Daughter, which showed genuine See also:fancy and pathos. She published a See also:volume of graceful See also:verse in 1802; Adeline See also:Mowbray followed in 1804, See also:Simple Tales in 18o6, See also:Temper in 1812, Tales of Real Life in 1813, See also:Valentine's See also:Eve in 1816, Tales of the See also:Heart in 1818, and Madeline in 1822. At length, in 1825, through the See also:influence of See also:Joseph John See also:Gurney, she joined the Society of See also:Friends, and beyond a volume entitled Detraction Displayed, and contributions to See also:periodicals, she wrote nothing more. The See also:rest of her life was spent in travelling and in the exercise of charity. Mrs Opie retained her vivacity to the last, dying at Norwich on the 2nd of See also:December 1853.
A Life, by Miss C. L. Brightwell, was published in 1854.
End of Article: OPIE, AMELIA (1769-1853)
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