Writer
Schimmelpenninck turned her attention to literature for a livelihood.
Among her books on other subjects was ‘The Theory and Classification of Beauty and Deformity,’ 1815. She also studied Hebrew with Mrs. Richard Smith, ‘her more than sister for forty-three years,’ and embodied the result in ‘Biblical Fragments,’ 1821–2, 2 vols.
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