1826 - 1896 Person Name: J. F. Wilde, 1826-96 Translator of "Jesus, Refuge of the Weary" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Wilde, Jane Francesca, née Elgee. Lady Wilde was daughter of Archdeacon Elgee, born at Wexford in 1826; married Dr., afterwards Sir, William Wilde, the Dublin oculist, 1851; and died at Chelsea, Feb. 3, 1896. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Wilde, Jane Francesca Elgee, Lady, 1826-1896; usage: Lady Wilde ("Speranza") began contrib. verse/prose to "The nation" using pseud. "John Fanshawe Ellis" or "Speranza"; 1851: married William Wilder (1864 knighted); Jane Wilde d. 3 Feb. 1896
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Lady Wilde