History Talk: Elihu Yale and his Wicked Wife. David Ebsworth
Elihu Yale may have given his name to one of the world’s great universities, but he saved his most memorable flourish for his unfortunate wife, Catherine, whom he immortalised in his will with the deliciously vague insult “my wicked wife”—and then left a dramatic blank space for good measure. Yet Catherine was hardly the cardboard […]
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