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Whatman, Susanna, 1753-1814


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    • Bosanquet, Susanna, 1753-1814
    • Whatman, Susanna Bosanquet, 1752-1814
    • Whatman, Susanna, 1752-1814
    • Whatman, Susanna Bosanquet, 1753-1814
    • Whatman, S. B. (Susanna Bosanquet), 1753-1814

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    • Birth Date

        1753-01-23

    • Death Date

        1814-11-29

    • Birth Place

        Hamburg (Germany)

    • Associated Language

        German

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Field of Activity

      Home economics

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    • Whatman, Susanna Bosanquet, 1752-1814
    • Whatman, Susanna, 1752-1814

  • Sources

    • found: Her The housekeeping book of Susanna Whatman ... 1956.
    • found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014(she married James Whatman, "the eminent English papermaker")
    • found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (website), viewed Sept. 1, 2021:Whatman [née Bosanquet], Susanna (1753-1814) (Whatman [née Bosanquet], Susanna (1753-1814), writer on household management, was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 23 January 1753. Nothing is known of Susanna Bosanquet's education, but in September 1775 a visitor to Albyns, her father's country home, 5 miles north of Romford, Essex, was James Whatman (1741-1798). Whatman and his father are generally reckoned to be inventors of 'wove' paper. Susanna married Whatman on 3 December 1776, and gave birth to a son, also called James, two years later. As mistress of Turkey Court, an elegant house half a mile from Maidstone, Susanna Whatman gave meticulous attention to the supervision of her domestic staff; she embodied her thoughts on the running of her establishment in a manuscript that she first drew up about 1776. A move in 1787 to Vinters, a nearby manor house, led Susanna to revise her domestic memoranda, so as to be in keeping with the demands of a larger establishment. James Whatman had a stroke in 1790 and this caused him to sell the papermaking business; he died on 17 March 1798. His widow remained as mistress of Vinters until her son's marriage in 1811. She spent her final years either in London or at Northaw Cottage, Hertfordshire. Although troubled by ill health, she remained in good spirits, writing to a friend that: 'My trust in providence is unbounded' (Housekeeping Book, 1956, 16). She died at Baker Street, London, on 29 November 1814.) - https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-55398

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    • 1982-10-15: new
    • 2021-09-14: revised

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