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Martineau (HARRIET mar'tino an English)

HARRIET mar'tino), an English reformer, sister of James Martineau; born in Norwich, England, June 12, 1802. She visited the United States in 1834, aiding the abolitionists, and traveled in Palestine and the East in 1846. She wrote a series of stories based on political economy ( 1832).

Among her more important works are: "Society in America" (1836) ; "Deer- " (1836); "Deerbrook" (1839), a novel; "History of England during the Thirty Years' Peace" (1848); ; "British Rule in India " (1857); "Biographical Sketches" (1869 ); etc.

She died in Ambleside, Westmoreland, England, June 27, 1876.