Died 1908, Paris, France | Parents François Guizot | |
Books Scènes historiques, World's Best Histories: France, France Children Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, Pierre De Witt Grandchildren Conrad Schlumberger, Jean Schlumberger, Marcel Schlumberger Similar François Guizot, Marguerite de Witt‑Schlumberger, Alphonse‑Marie‑Adolphe de Neuville, Jean Schlumberger, Conrad Schlumberger | ||
Henriette Guizot de Witt (1829 in Paris – 1908 in Paris), the daughter of the historian and politician François Guizot and the wife of Conrad de Witt, was a French writer who wrote under the name Mme de Witt, née Guizot; to support family finances she composed some one hundred novels and educational texts of moralized history, such as Légendes et récits pour la jeunesse (1876), Scènes historiques (five series, 1875-85), Les chroniques de l'histoire de France jusqu'au XIVe siècle (4 volumes 1882-85). She also translated Shakespeare and Charles Dickens into French.
One of her daughters was the pronatalist and feminist activist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger.
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