Ellin Devis
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Ellin Devis | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1746 |
| Died | February 1820 (aged 73) |
| Occupations | Educator Writer |
Ellin Devis (December 1746 – February 1820), also known as Eilen Devis or Ellin Davis,[1] was a schoolmistress and author of The Accidence (1775), a popular eighteenth-century grammar.
Ellin Devis was the daughter of Arthur Devis (1712-1787) and Elizabeth Faulkner (1723-1788), who had a total of twenty-two children, sixteen of whom did not survive their infancy. The surviving six children included Ellin and her siblings Frances Devis (1751-17?), Thomas Anthony Devis (1756-1810), Arthur William Devis (1762-1822), Elizabeth Devis (1764-1825), and Ann Devis (1766-1822).[2] She came from an artistic family: her father Arthur was known for his conversation pieces, her brother Arthur for historical portraits, and her brother Thomas for landscape paintings.[2]
