Sarah Ewing Hall

Sarah Ewing Hall (October 30, 1761 – April 8, 1830)[1] was an American educator, poet, and essayist of Christian literature.

She was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of the Reverend John Ewing, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and Hannah (Sergeant) Ewing.[1] Conversations on the Bible was her most notable work.[2][3] She married John Hall in 1782 and they had eleven children.[3][4] Two of her sons were John Elihu Hall and James Hall, both of whom were prominent publishers and writers.

She died in Philadelphia in 1830 and was buried in the Third Presbyterian Church burial ground.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dictionary of American Biography". Biography in Context. Gale. 1936. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  2. Read, Thomas Buchanan (1855). The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of Their Writings (Public domain ed.). E.H. Butler. pp. 11–.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Marion Ann; Weir, Heather E. (2006). Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-century Women Writing on the Women of Genesis. Baylor University Press. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-932792-53-9.
  4. Groot, Christiana De; Taylor, Marion Ann (2007). Recovering Nineteenth-century Women Interpreters of the Bible. Society of Biblical Lit. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-1-58983-220-6.


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