[NI0258]
Only daughter of S. T. Coleridge
Spouse: Henry Nelson Coleridge was Sara's cousin.
English translator and author of children's verse, known primarily as the editor of the works of her father.
During her childhood, her father was seldom at home, and his brother-in-law Robert Southey chiefly influenced
Sara's early years. She did not see her father from 1812 to 1822 when she visited him at Highgate with her
mother. Thereafter his influence was strikingly manifest.
(Source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1887, p. 317 says born on December 22, 1802 at Greta Hall)
Sara Coleridge (1802 - 1852)
Sara was the fourth child and only daughter of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. She grew up in the Lake district with an extended family that included her uncle, Robert Southey, and her aunt Lovell, widow of the poet Robert Lovell. The Wordsworths were neighbors.
She was educated at home by her various relatives, especially Southey. Her first published work was a translation she did for him while he was writing the Tale of Paraguay. Her next work was translating from medieval French.
Sara married her cousin, Henry Nelson Coleridge, in 1829. Verses she wrote for her own children were published and very popular, as was the fairy story. After Henry's death in 1843, Sara was left with the task of editing her father's works.
Some works of
Account of the Abipones (translation of Dobrizhoffer) - 1822
The Loyal Serviteur (translation from French) - 1825
Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with some Latin Lessons in Easy Rhyme - 1834
Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale - 1837
IGI information christening information
Sarah COLERIDGE
Sex: F
Event(s):
Christened: 2 Nov 1803 Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England
Parents:
Father: Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE
Mother: Sarah FRICKER
Source Information:
Batch number: P003011
Sheet:
Source:
IGI birth information
Sara COLERIDGE
Sex: F
Event(s):
Born: 22 Dec 1802 Keswick, Greta Hall, Cumberland, England
Parents:
Father: Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE
Mother: Sarah FRICKER
Source Information:
Batch number: 9017133
Sheet: 63
Source:
Sarah COLERIDGE
Sex: F
Event(s):
Born: 22 Dec 1802 Keswick, Cumberland, England
Parents:
Relatives: Elizabeth Lee BRITTON
Source Information:
Film Number: 1149521
Page Number: 476
Reference Number: 21854