GRUBB, SARAH (1756 - 1790) / [ MURRAY, LINDLEY 1745-1826 EDITOR ].

Some account of the life and religious labours of Sarah Grubb. With an appendix, containing an account of Ackworth School, Remarks on Christian Discipline, and extracts from her letters. Second Edition.

London : Printed and sold by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1794 . 0. A very good early full calf binding. 8vo. 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.25". [6ppp.]/pp.438. Plain calf covered boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Re-backed in brown calf with gilt banding and green morocco title label: "Life Of S. Grubb". Light toning to edges of endpapers, otherwise clean English text throughout. A very good copy of this excellent biography. ** Referenced by: ESTC T115356 / Smith, J. Friends' books, 1.877. *** "Sarah Tuke Grubb (20 June 1756 – 8 December 1790), Quaker minister, writer and founder of a girl's school in Ireland. Born to businessman William Tuke and his first wife Elizabeth Hoyland, Grubb was about 9 when her father married his second wife, Esther Maud. They were strong believers in Quaker principles. Her father founded three Quaker schools: Ackworth School, Bootham School, and Trinity Lane Quaker Girls' School during his life. Grubb started preaching in Quaker congregations when she was 22. She married Robert Grubb of Clonmel, Ireland in 1782 and while initially they lived locally to where she grew up, they returned to live in Ireland in 1787. The couple travelled extensively in Europe, as Quaker missionaries. They visiting several Quaker communities in their travels. Grubb and her husband started a girl's finishing school in Clonmel, Ireland. The school was called the Suir Island School and later known as the Clonmel School. One of their teachers was Susanna Corder who went on to become the Headmistress of Newington Academy for Girls. Grubb died unexpectedly when she was 34." - See Wikipedia.

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Catalogue: Religious Biography: : 18th Century

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