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Hester Lynch Thrale later Mrs. Piozzi , 1741-1821, Englishwoman, noted for her friendship with Samuel Johnson. Daughter of John Salusbury, she married in 1763 Henry Thrale, a wealthy brewer, whose home at Streatham became a second home to Johnson from 1765 until 1780. Mrs. Thrale's second marriage in 1784 to Gabriel Piozzi, an Italian music master, estranged her from Johnson. She later published Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786) and his correspondence with her (1788).

Bibliography: See her diary, Thraliana (ed. by K. C. Balderston, 1942).

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Thrale, Hester Lynch, Mrs, née Salusbury (1741–1821), was married against her inclinations in 1763 to Henry Thrale. The following year they met Dr Johnson, who became very friendly with both, at one time becoming almost domesticated at their house in Streatham Place. Three years after Thrale's death in 1781, and amid much opposition from family and friends (including F. Burney), she married Gabriel Piozzi, an Italian musician; this drew from Johnson a letter of anguished protest, and ended their intimacy. She published several works, including Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786).

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	The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821 (formerly Mrs. Thrale). Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/2001
	The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821, vol. 5, 1811-1816.(Review) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 11/1/1999

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