Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864

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Name (Latin)
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
Other forms of name
Aikin, Lucia, 1781-1864
Aikin, Lucie, 1781-1864
Aikin, Miss, 1781-1864
Godolphin, Mary, 1781-1864
Date of birth
1781-11-06
Date of death
1864-01-29
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Authors
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 17362522
Wikidata: Q4530036
Library of congress: n 84805863
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Wikipedia description:

Lucy Aikin (6 November 1781 – 29 January 1864) was an English writer and biographer. She is best known for her historical works Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth (1818) and Memoirs of the Court of James I (1822), which have been reprinted and translated into French and German throughout the 19th century. She also published under pseudonyms such as Mary Godolphin. Her literary-minded family included her aunt Anna Laetitia Barbauld, a writer of poetry, essays and children's books as well as Anna Letitia Le Breton, a writer who wrote memoirs of the Aikin literary family.

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