Parkes, Joseph (1796-1865)

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Parkes, Joseph (1796-1865)

Description

A lawyer, Parkes was the father of George Eliot's close friend, Bessie Parkes. Parkes funded Eliot's translation of Das Leben Jesu and was furious when Eliot went to Germany with George Henry Lewes.

Publisher

George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

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