Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864

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Dates:

Birth 1781-11-06

Death 1864-01-29

Nationality: Britons,

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

Lucy Aikin, historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously.

From the description of Lucy Aikin manuscript material, 1846. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72848937

Lucy Aikin, English historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously.

From the guide to the Lucy Aikin manuscript material : 5 items, ca. 1820-1846, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

English author.

From the description of Letter, ca. 1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367560026