Joan Abse
Joan Abse (née Mercer; 11 September 1926 – 13 June 2005) was an English author and art historian.
Biography
Joan Mercer was born St Helens, Lancashire, on 11 September 1926.[1] By age 17, she was a student at the London School of Economics (LSE), where she graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree.[1][2] Abse received a Master of Art degree in Art History in 1972 from Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[2] She met her husband Dannie while living in post-war London, and they married by 1951.[3] Together they had three children.[3]
She wrote many books, including the noted John Ruskin: A Passionate Moralist.[4][5] Richard Ellmann, a journalist at The New York Times newspaper, writes, "What especially animates Joan Abse's book is her keen interest in Ruskin's effort to blend his artistic and social sympathies."[5]
Joan Abse died in a car accident in Bridgend, south Wales, on 13 June 2005.[6][2] She was the wife of Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse.[7][1]
Bibliography
Abse's books included:
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