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Scott, Sarah (1720 - 1795)

Last edited by Nicole_Pohl on June 17, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
Short name Scott, Sarah
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/165149105998168490258
First name Sarah
Birth name Robinson
Married name ,
Alternative name Robinson
Date of birth 1720
Date of death 1795
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Sex Female
Place of birth Hutton Magna, County Durham
Place of death Catton, Norfolk
Lived in England
Place of residence notes
Mother Elizabeth Robinson
Father Matthew Robinson
Children
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education
Aristocratic title -
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Scott, Sarah was ...
sibling Montagu, Elizabeth
unwed partner of Barbara Montagu
Profession(s) Fiction writer/novelist , Historian
Memberships Blue Stockings Society
Place(s) of Residence England
Author of
receptions circulations
The history of Cornelia (1750) 4 0
Agreeable ugliness, or the triumph of the graces (1754) 0 0
A journey through every stage in life (1754) 0 0
*History of Gustavus Erikson, king of Sweden (1761) 0 0
A Description of Millenium Hall [...] (1762) 1 0
*Macklenburgh (1762) 0 0
Sir George Ellison (1766) 2 0
*Theodora Agrippa d'Aubigne (1772) 0 0
The test of filial duty (1772) 0 0

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Circulations of Scott, Sarah, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Scott, Sarah, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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Edward Haytley, portrait of Sarah Scott, 1744. 1744 is portrait of

Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She was the sister of Elizabeth Montagu. Wrote for money after leaving her husband. Moved with Barbara Montagu , to launch a female community at Bath Easton, where they thaught poor children".