Eliza Constantia Campbell
Welsh author
Intro | Welsh author | |
A.K.A. | Eliza Constantia Morrieson | |
A.K.A. | Eliza Constantia Morrieson | |
Places | Wales | |
was | Author Writer | |
Work field | Literature | |
Gender |
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Birth | 8 January 1796 | |
Death | 1864 (aged 68 years) | |
Star sign | Capricorn |
Eliza Constantia Campbell (née Pryce; 8 January 1796 – 1864) was a Welsh author.
Campbell was the daughter of Richard Pryce, Esq., of Gunley, Montgomeryshire. She was married twice: first, in 1827, to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N., of Edinburgh. Their son was the classical scholar Lewis Campbell. Pryce died in 1832.
In 1833, Campbell published a collection of her stories titled Stories from the History of Wales, under the pseudonym "A Lady of the Principality"; It was reissued in 1837 as Tales about Wales.
Campbell married Capt. Hugh Morrieson, E.I.C. He died in 1859.
Campbell died in 1864.