Raised in a widowed home, Le Noir became interested in literature through opportunities she was given by her mother"s step-father. John Newbery. Although Le Noir had many great works, "he is probably better known as the daughter of the famous religious poet Christopher Smart."
In 1755, Elizabeth Anne Le Noir was born in Islington, London as the daughter of English poet Christopher Smart and Anna Maria Carnan.
Le Noir soon became the wife of Jean Baptiste Le Noir, from whom she got her last name. Although she didn"t have any children of her own, she educated two of her female relatives. Due to her father"s failing career, Smart was unable to provide enough of an income to support the family.
He was soon admitted into Street Luke"s Hospital for Lunatics as a "Curable Patient".
In 1768 Smart was eventually confined permanently for insanity and later died at Saint Luke"s Hospital for Lunatics in 1771. During the time where Elizabeth Anne"s father was imprisoned, her mother, sister and herself settled in Reading, Berkshire in 1972 with her mother"s step-father John Newbery who cared for them.
John Newbery was an English publisher who once supported the works of Elizabeth"s father, Christopher Smart. Adulthood
In 1795, Elizabeth Anne married a French immigrant, John Baptiste Le Noir.
Throughout her childhood, Le Noir"s mother did not want her to pursue writing.
Starting at a young age, Le Noir was exposed to writing. With the deep interest she gained for it, she published many poems and novels. To set her apart from others, Le Noir wrote novels with poems scattered among and between them with artistic backgrounds.
Her work was very beautiful and was described by Mary Russell Mitford as the type of novels that were so interesting, that you had to keep reading and refrained from putting down.
Elizabeth Anne Le Noir died on May 6, 1841 at the age of 86 at the Priory, Caversham.
