“It is grievous to make acquaintances with people, learn to love and admire them, and then bid them farewell for ever!”
About Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769–2 December 1853
Amelia Alderson Opie entered the world on a crisp November day in 1769, born into the bustling heart of Norwich, that ancient cathedral city pulsing with intellectual and radical energy. The only child of Dr. James Alderson, a respected physician known for his generosity to the poor and his progressive views, and his…