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British writer and inventor

Roxey Ann Caplin (c. 1793 – 2 August 1888) was a British writer and inventor.

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Roxey Ann (Given Names).

Caplin, Roxey Ann [formerly Emily Roxey Caplin] (–), corset maker, writer, and lecturer on health, was born in Canada, the.

— Madame Roxey Ann Caplin.

Biography

She was born in about 1793 in British North America. Around 1835, she married Jean Francois Isidore Caplin (c.1790-c.1872).

From 1839, Caplin was a corsetmaker working at 58 Berners Street, London.

At the Great Exhibition in 1851, she was awarded the prize medal of "Manufacturer, Designer and Inventor" for her corsetry designs. The corsets from the Great Exhibition in 1851 are in the Museum of London.^[1]

In 1860, she became a member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA).

Madame Caplin Roxey Ann Caplin ( – ) was a 19th century stay-maker, writer and reformer who ran an Anatomical and Physiological Gallery in.

By 1864, she had filed 24 patents.^[2]

She died on 2 August 1888 at Cambridge Lodge, St Leonard's East Sheen in Surrey. Her effects were valued at £6452, a considerable estate for a tradesman in this period.

Madame Caplin