Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Hennell, Mary
HENNELL, MARY (1802–1843), author of ‘An Outline of the various Social Systems and Communities which have been founded on the Principle of Co-operation,’ was born at Manchester on 23 May 1802. She was the eldest sister of Charles Christian Hennell [q. v.] Her essay on ‘Social Systems’ was first published in 1841, as an appendix to ‘The Philosophy of Necessity,’ by her brother-in-law, Charles Bray [q. v.]; it was afterwards printed separately, 1844. She wrote the article ‘Ribbons’ for Knight's ‘Penny Cyclopedia.’ She died at Hackney on 16 March 1843.
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