Elizabeth Jane Weston

Elizabeth Jane Weston (Latin: Elisabetha Ioanna Westonia; Czech: Alžběta Johana Vestonie) (1581 or 1582, in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire[1] – 23 November 1612, in Prague) was an English-Czech poet, known for her Neo-Latin poetry.

Soon after, Weston's mother was remarried, to the English renaissance occultist, Edward Kelley, who was a well-known alchemist, and the family left England for Prague in Bohemia.

Kelley's interest in alchemical projects drew the attention of the emperor Rudolf II, who became a patron of his work along with that of the alchemist-mathematician John Dee.

Weston was raised in a stable home environment with progressive parents who believed in equal education for their children regardless of sex.

Weston's stepfather hired a Latin tutor, John Hammond, for her and she attended university lectures, which led to a formal education.

While not much more is known about Weston's life after these publications, Ballard posits that her husband was still alive in 1605 because of the epistle she wrote, Prague Nonis Marii, which was published the following year.