Elizabeth Cobbold or Carolina Petty Pasty born Elizabeth Knipe (1767 – 17 October, 1824) was an English writer and poet.

Life

Cobbold was born Elizabeth Knipe in

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, London in 1767 to Robert Knipe. Her mother's maiden name was Waller. She was baptised in the now lost church of

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who worked for the customs. William was older than her and disabled and he died after less than a year. By this time, she had published her first novel ''The Sword, or Father Bertrand's History of his own Times'', which was influenced by her friend Clara Reeve. The following year after becoming a widow, she married the Ipswich brewer John Cobbold, and she became the stepmother of fifteen children as well as, in time, giving birth to an additional seven. In 1814 they moved to a house at

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in Ipswich from their previous house, ''

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''. Despite this number of children, she published under the pseudonym of ''Carolina Petty Pasty'' a poetical piece that included a portrait, which was her work too. In 1803, she served as editor of a volume of poems by

Ann Candler Ann Candler (1740–1814) was a poet, known as "The Suffolk Cottager", whose works appeared in the ''Ipswich Journal'' and a volume published toward the end of her life. Life Ann More was born at Yoxford, Suffolk, 18 November 1740, one of the ch ...

. Cobbold continued to do charitable work and in 1812 she started a clothing society for small children and in 1820 a charitable bazaar. From 1806, Cobbold was known for

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cards that had verses written by herself and she published these in 1813 and 1814. The verses were attached to cleverly cut paper and it has been said that the skill of the cutting exceeded the quality of the poetry. There are extant oil paintings of Elizabeth and her husband John that are attributed to George Frost. Her son

Richard Cobbold Richard Cobbold (1797 – 5 January 1877) was a British writer. Life Richard Cobbold was born in 1797 in the Suffolk town of Ipswich, to John Cobbold (1746–1835), John (1746–1835) and the poet and writer Elizabeth Cobbold, Elizabeth (née ...

was also a noted writer.

Elizabeth Cobbold as a geologist

Elizabeth Cobbold was also one of the first geologists. She collected fossils from the

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in the grounds of Holywells park. One of these, ''Nucula cobboldiae'', was named after her by

James Sowerby James Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English natural history, naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as ''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland'' or ''English Botany'', include his ...

and included in '' Mineral Conchology of Great Britain''. The sample is now located in the

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Collections,

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. The , a rare species of shellfish, was also named after her by George Sowerby.

Literary works

*''Poems on Various Subjects''. 1783. *''Six Narrative Poems'' 1787. *''The Sword; or, Father Bertrand's History of His Own Times'' 1791. *''The Mince Pie, an Heroic Epistle'' 1800. *''Cliff Valentines. 1813, 1814'' *''An Ode on the Victory of Waterloo'' 1815. *''Monody to the Memory of Mrs. Byles'' 1818. *''Poems, with a Memoir of the Author'' d. Laetitia Jermyn">Laetitia_Jermyn.html" ;"title="d. Laetitia Jermyn">d. Laetitia Jermyn 1825.

References

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