caption death_date birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
portrait of lady charlotte guest 15 january 1895 -lrb- age 82 -rrb- uffington , lincolnshire , england 19 may 1812 guest3.jpg lady charlotte guest
 lady charlotte guest translator , businesswoman
lady charlotte guest

lady charlotte elizabeth guest -lrb- née bertie ; 19 may 1812 -- 15 january 1895 -rrb- , later lady charlotte schreiber , was an english aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of `` the mabinogion '' which is the earliest prose literature of britain .
guest established `` the mabinogion '' as a source literature of europe , claiming this recognition among literati in the context of contemporary passions for the chivalric romance of king arthur and the gothic movement .
the title guest used derived from a mediaeval copyist error already established in the 18th century by william owen pughe and the london welsh societies .
as an accomplished linguist , and the wife of a foremost welsh ironmaster john josiah guest she became a leading figure in the study of literature and the wider welsh renaissance of the 19th century .
with her second husband , as charlotte schreiber , she became a famous victorian collector of porcelain ; their collection is held in the victoria and albert museum .
she was also an international industrialist , pioneering liberal educator , philanthropist and elite society hostess .
