William Godwin's Diary

Gaskell, Daniel (Gaskel)

  • Name: Gaskell, Daniel (Gaskel)
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date:
  • Occupation: politician

Daniel Gaskell was MP for Wakefield 1832-7 and an important philanthropist, especially in matters relating to education and the free church. He was married to Mary Gaskell who met Claire Clairmont in Pisa. Clairmont introduced her to Mary Shelley by letter. The Gaskells were already admirers of Godwin's philosophy and they were keen to meet him.

  • MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 110: 18
  • The journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844, ed. by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1987)
  • The Letters of Charles Dickens, ed. by Madeline House and Graham Storey, 12 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965-2002)

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Gaskell, Mary (Gaskel) 31
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 3
Smith, Dr Southwood (Thomas) 3
Martineau, Harriet 3
Aikin, Lucy 2
Wood, Mrs Somerville 1
Smith, William 1
Hayward, Abraham 1
Bowring, Sir John 1
Owen, Robert 1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 1
Thelwall, John 1
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Gaskell, Mary (Gaskel)

  • Name: Gaskell, Mary (Gaskel)
  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date:

Mary Gaskell was married to Daniel Gaskell, Liberal MP for Wakefield 1832-7. Mary Gaskell met Claire Clairmont in Pisa and Clairmont introduced her to Mary Shelley by letter. The Gaskells were already admirers of Godwin's philosophy and they were keen to meet him.

  • MS. Abinger c. 43, fols. 33-4: 21 September 1833
  • MS. Abinger c. 43, fol. 41: 24 December 1834
  • MS. Abinger c. 43, fol. 42: 11 January 1835
  • MS. Abinger c. 43, fols. 35-6: 1833-1836

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Gaskell, Daniel (Gaskel) 31
Smith, Dr Southwood (Thomas) 3
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 3
Wood, Mrs Somerville 2
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 2
Thelwall, John 1
Joseph, Samuel 1
Owen, Robert 1
Aikin, Lucy 1
Bowring, Sir John 1
Hayward, Abraham 1
Martineau, Harriet 1
Atherstone, Edwin 1
Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles (fifth earl of Harrington) 1
Smith, William 1
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