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Anne Gilchrist (
1828 –
1885), née
Burrows, was an
English writer who travelled to the
United States, initially to visit
Walt Whitman.
She came from a distinguished
Essex family, and married
Alexander Gilchrist in
1851. The marriage, one of intellectual equals, was cut short when Alexander died of
scarlet fever in
1861. She completed his
Life of Blake and was an active contributor to magazines.
Anne is perhaps best-known for developing a deep attachment to Walt Whitman when she read
Leaves of Grass in
1869, and for writing the first great criticism of that work. When she eventually travelled to
Philadelphia, in
1876, she met Whitman and they formed a lasting friendship.
She moved to New England in
1878, and returned to England the following year. Later, she published a biography of
Mary Lamb.
She and Alexander had four children: Percy, Beatrice, Herbert, and Grace. One of the reasons for the family’s move to Philadelphia was Beatrice's desire to attend medical school. She eventually became a physician in
Edinburgh, but took her own life shortly thereafter.
Percy had a successful career in the
mining industry, and Herbert was a minor
painter.
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