Constance Naden: Birmingham's 'most gifted daughter'

This £2.3 million restoration toKey HillandWarstone Lanecemeteries is funded through a partnership between Birmingham City Council, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust. The works will include extensive restoration work undertaken to the catacombs, major boundaries and surrounding footpaths.Alongside the restoration work, there will also be an extensive programme of events celebrating the heritage, natural environment and community value of the cemeteries.

Jewellery Quarter Cemeteries Project

An online talk about Birmingham's 'most gifted daughter' by Dr Clare Stainthorp, introducing the life and works of Constance Naden.

When Constance Naden died in 1889, at the age of 31, a friend wrote of &#x27;the sudden and unexpected blow&#x27; depriving &#x27;the world of a fine and original thinker, Birmingham of its most gifted daughter, [and] progressive Science of a most distinguished worker&#x27;. This talk will introduce the life and works of Naden, a fascinating but little-known poet, philosopher and scientist who was born in Edgbaston and buried in Key Hill Cemetery.Dr Clare Stainthorp is a researcher and writer interested in nineteenth-century poetry, the history of atheism, and the intersections of literature and science. Her first book, Constance Naden: Scientist, Philosopher, Poet, was published in 2019. She received her PhD from the University of Birmingham and now works at University College London.Tickets are free but booking is required. Ticket holders will be sent a link and password to join the zoom session on the day of the talk.

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