A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Chambers, Mary

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CHAMBERS, MARY,

Of Nottingham, who died in 1848, in her seventy-first year, is an instance of the power of perseverance to overcome great natural disadvantages. Deprived of sight from the age of two years, she, nevertheless, acquired a thorough knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin languages, and was very familiar with classical literature.