Cornwallis, C.F. (1786–1858)
Cornwallis, C.F. (1786–1858)
English author. Name variations: Caroline Frances Cornwallis. Born in 1786; died at Lidwells, in Kent, on January 8, 1858; daughter of William Cornwallis (rector of Wittersham and Elham in Kent).
C.F. Cornwallis acquired a thorough knowledge of Latin and Greek and, from an early age, carried on a correspondence with many eminent persons. Her initial work, Philosophical Theories and Philosophical Experience by a Pariah (1842), was the first of a series of 20 "Small Books on Great Subjects," which included the Connection of Physiology and Intellectual Science, Ragged Schools, Criminal Law, Greek Philosophy, and the History and Influence of Christian Opinions. Cornwallis also published Pericles, a Tale of Athens (1847). Her letters were printed in 1864.