Joan Abse (née Mercer; 11 September 1926 – 13 June 2005) was an English author and art historian. She was the wife of Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse.[1][2]
Joan Mercer was born St Helens, Lancashire, on 11 September 1926.[2] By age 17, she was a student at the London School of Economics (LSE), where she graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree.[2][3] Abse received a Master of Art degree in Art History in 1972 from Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[3] She met her husband Dannie Abse while living in post-war London, and they married by 1951.[4] Together they had three children.[4]
She wrote many books, including the noted John Ruskin: A Passionate Moralist.[5][6] Richard Ellmann, who reviewed Abse’s book for The New York Times, wrote, "What especially animates Joan Abse's book is her keen interest in Ruskin's effort to blend his artistic and social sympathies."[6]
Joan Abse died in a car accident in Bridgend, south Wales, on 13 June 2005.[7][3]
^"Poet tells of wife's crash death". BBC News. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ abc"Joan Abse". The Times. 25 June 2005. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ abcFelton, Mick (18 June 2005). "Obituary: Joan Abse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ ab"Joan Abse". The Independent. 17 June 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^Broyard, Anatole (14 November 1981). "Books of The Times: Doomed to Enlighten". The New York Times. p. 14. ISSN 0362-4331.
^ abEllmann, Richard (22 November 1981). "Conscience to His Age, Plague to Himself". The New York Times. p. 9. ISSN 0362-4331.
^"Writer killed in M4 road accident". BBC News. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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