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Reid, Elisabeth Jesser (1789–1866)  

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Elisabeth Jesser Reid (1789–1866) by unknown photographer © National Portrait Gallery, London / Oxford University Press

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Reid [née Sturch], Elizabeth Jesser (1789–1866), slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College, London  

Sybil Oldfield

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Reid [née Sturch], Elizabeth Jesser (1789–1866), slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College, London, was born on 25 December 1789 in St Clement Danes, London, the second of two daughters of William Sturch (1753–1838), a wealthy Unitarian ironmonger, and his wife, Elisabeth, ...