Hester Thrale

Hester Thrale
Thrale in 1786
Born	Hester Lynch Salusbury (1741-01-27)27 January 1741 Caernarvonshire, Wales
Died	2 May 1821(1821-05-02) (aged 80) Clifton, Bristol
Other names	Hester Salusbury, Hester Piozzi
Spouses	Henry Thrale (m. 1763), Gabriel Mario Piozzi ​ ​ (m. 1784)​

Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury; 27 January 1741 or 16 January 1740 – 2 May 1821),^{[Note 1]} was a Welsh writer and socialite who was an important source on Samuel Johnson and 18th-century British life. She belonged to the prominent Salusbury family of Anglo-Welsh landowners, and married firstly a wealthy brewer, Henry Thrale, with whom she had 12 children, then a music teacher, Gabriel Mario Piozzi. Her Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786) and her diary Thraliana, published posthumously in 1942, are the main works for which she is remembered. She also wrote a popular history book, a travel book, and a dictionary. She has been seen as a protofeminist.
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