Aikin, Lucy (1781 - 1864)

Short name	Aikin, Lucy
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First name	Lucy
Birth name	Aikin
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Alternative name	Mary Godolphin
Date of birth	1781
Date of death	1864
Flourishing	-
Sex	Female
Place of birth	Cheshire (region)
Place of death	London
Lived in	England
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Aikin, Lucy was ...

related to	Joanna Baillie
related to	Barbauld, Anna Laetitia

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Place(s) of Residence	England

Author of

The Travels of Rolando; Containing, in a Supposed Tour Round the World, Authentic Descriptions of the Geography, Natural History, Manners, and Antiquities of Various Countries. Translated From the French of L.J. Jauffret. In Four Volumes. (1804)
Epistles on Women, Exemplifying their Character and Condition in Various Ages and Nations, with Miscellaneous Poems (1810)
The Life of Ulrich Zwingle, the Swiss reformer. By J. G. Hess. Translated from the French, by Lucy Aikin (1812)
Lorimer (1814)
Memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth (1818)
Memoirs of the court of King James the First (1822)
Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First (1833)

Receptions of Aikin, Lucy, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)

Title	Author	Date	Type
The female advocate	Mary Scott Taylor	1774	None
On the Female Literature of the Present Age	[unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made]	1820	None
*The golden violet, etc. –" (mention in a review)	Frédéric Degeorge	1827	None
De l'Influence des femmes	Mongellaz, Fanny	1828	is biography of

- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992

Often compared (unfavourably) with Anna Letitia Barbauld. Religion/ideology : - other: Dissenting