Harriet GROTE

The Personal Life of George Grote

London, John Murray 1873

GROTE, Mrs Harriet. The personal life of George Grote: compiled from family documents, private memoranda, and original letters to and from various friends. London, John Murray 1873
Octavo, publishers green cloth, brown morocco label, pp.xv, 336, engraved portrait frontispiece, facsimile leaf, a fine copy.
First edition. Life of George Grote [1794-1871] was a classical scholar, politician and banker and historian of Greece. In 1817 he came under the influence of David Ricardo, and through him of James Mill and Jeremy Bentham. He and his wife Harriet frequently entertained many of the Benthamite group in their home. Other than a period of estrangement from Harriet Grote, John Stuart Mill was a life-long friend of and correspondent with the couple.
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