Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Carter was an English poet, classicist, writer, translator, linguist, and polymath. As one of the Bluestocking Circle that surrounded Elizabeth Montagu, she earned respect for the first English translation of the 2nd-century Discourses of Epictetus. She also published poems and translated from French and Italian, and corresponded profusely. Among her many eminent friends were Elizabeth Montagu, Hannah More, Hester Chapone and other Bluestocking members. Also close friends were Anne Hunter, a poet and socialite, and Mary Delany. She befriended Samuel Johnson, editing some editions of his periodical The Rambler.

16 December 1717

Born on the same birth day (16 December): A. N. R. Robinson • Billy Gibbons • Elliot Lee • Francesco Graziani • Frank Deford • Hallee Hirsh • James McCracken • Jeff Ruland • Jen Golbeck • Jessie Ward • John Kirwan (rugby) • Manuel III of Trebizond • Morris Dees • Pietro Perdichizzi • Ruth Johnson Colvin • Sylvain Distin • Viktor Bunyakovsky

Born in the same month (December 1717): Johann Joachim Winckelmann • Pope Pius VI