Necker de Saussure, Albertine (1766–1841)
Necker de Saussure, Albertine (1766–1841)
Swiss writer. Born 1766; died 1841; dau. of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799, Swiss physicist and geologist); cousin of Germaine de Staël (1766–1817); married into the Necker family.
Cousin to Germaine de Staël and an intimate friend, was a writer whose chief works were Notice sur le caractère et les écrits de Mme de Staël (1820) and her treatise on children's education, L'Éducation progressive, étude du cours de la vie (1828–32, 3 vols.); also translated Schlegel's lectures on theater.
See also Women in World History.
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