Walker, Anna ( - )

GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON- 2352
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2537)
Name
Anna Walker
Title
Mrs.
Gender
Female
Lived
b. d. (old)
Linked Sermons
Source of Data (Contributor name)

Suzanne Trill, ‘The First Sermon in English by a Woman Writer?’, Notes and Queries, 47.4 (2000), pp. 470–73; Suzanne Trill, ‘A Feminist Critic in the Archives: reading Anna Walker’s A Sweete Savor for Woman (c. 1606)’, Women’s Writing, 9.2 (2002), pp. 199–214; Hannah Yip.

Biographical Sources Consulted

Suzanne Trill, ‘The First Sermon in English by a Woman Writer?’, Notes and Queries, 47.4 (2000), pp. 470–73; Suzanne Trill, ‘A Feminist Critic in the Archives: reading Anna Walker’s A Sweete Savor for Woman (c. 1606)’, Women’s Writing, 9.2 (2002), pp. 199–214.

Other note

Anna Walker is the author of British Library, Egerton MS 1043. She was born in Copenhagen sometime between 1567 and 1574 to George Busch, a naval commander in the service of the Danish Royal family. Walker was connected with several influential figures in Danish affairs in the early seventeenth century. Her family was patronized by Queen Sofia of Denmark. See Trill (above) for further information.

GEMMS record created
June 25, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024