Lady Hester Stanhope

thumb|Hester Stanhope Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her excavation of Ascalon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists". Her letters and memoirs made her famous as an explorer. Quotes A poor gentlewoman, doctor, is the worst thing in the world I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies. Nobody is such a fool as to moider away his time in the slip-slop conversation of a pack of women. I have nothing to fear… I am the sun, the stars, the pearl, the lion, the light from heaven. I shall not allow the pension… to be stopped by force: I shall resign it, It is only the vulgar who are always fancying themselves insulted. If a man treads on another's toe in good society, do you think it is taken as an insult? External links Category:Archaeologists from England Category:Women born before the 19th century Category:Memoirists from England Category:Women authors from England Category:1776 births Category:1839 deaths