Sophia Susannah Taylor information

Sophia Susannah Taylor (1817 – 1911) was a prolific translator of theological books.

Sophia was born in Westminster, London, on 17 February 1817, the eldest of twelve children of architect John Henry Taylor and his wife Sophia, née Wilford. She lived with her parents in and around London and, after her parents’ deaths, lived with two of her sisters in Battersea, earning an income as landladies. She was a friend of Sir Morton Peto, whose son Basil defended her in the House of Commons against attempts by Inland Revenue officials to tax her small income in her later life.^[1]

From 1843 she began producing translations of theological works from German and French, mostly for T&T Clark. Her correspondence with the younger Thomas Clark shows that he found her a reliable translator and would turn to her where other translators struggled. She made her own suggestions for books to translate and her translations were generally praised, making German commentaries accessible to English clergy and theological students.^[1]^[2]

She died in Willingdon, Sussex, on 14 January 1911.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Lincicum, David (2018). "Taylor, Sophia Susannah (1817–1911), translator of theological books". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110241. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ Johnston, Judith (2016-02-24). Victorian Women and the Economies of Travel, Translation and Culture, 1830–1870. Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-317-00205-5.

[:0-1] Lincicum, David (2018). "Taylor, Sophia Susannah (1817–1911), translator of theological books". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110241. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[2] Johnston, Judith (2016-02-24). Victorian Women and the Economies of Travel, Translation and Culture, 1830–1870. Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-317-00205-5.

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