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Aikin, Lucy (1781 - 1864)

Last edited by Alicia_Montoya on Dec. 21, 2024, 3:07 p.m.

Short name	Aikin, Lucy
VIAF	http://viaf.org/viaf/17362522/
First name	Lucy
Birth name	Aikin
Married name
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
Place of residence notes

Lucy Aikin

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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

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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)	0	0
Epistles on Women, Exemplifying their Character and Condition in Various Ages and Nations, with Miscellaneous Poems (1810)	1	0
The Life of Ulrich Zwingle, the Swiss reformer. By J. G. Hess. Translated from the French, by Lucy Aikin (1812)	0	0
Lorimer (1814)	1	0
Memoirs of the court of Queen Elizabeth (1818)	7	0
Memoirs of the court of King James the First (1822)	1	0
Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First (1833)	1	0

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

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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	-
On the Female Literature of the Present Age	[unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made]	1820	-
*The golden violet, etc. –" (mention in a review)	Degeorge, Frédéric	1827	-
De l'Influence des femmes	Mongellaz, Fanny	1828	is biography of
Lucy Aikin		None	is portrait of

- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992

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