Scott, Sarah (1720 - 1795)
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| Short name | Scott, Sarah |
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| 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 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Hutton Magna, County Durham |
| Place of death | Catton, Norfolk |
| Lived in | England |
| Place of residence notes |
| Mother | Elizabeth Robinson |
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| Father | Matthew Robinson |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| George Lewis Scott | Married | |
| Barbara Montagu | Living together |
Scott, Sarah was ...
| sibling | Montagu, Elizabeth |
| unwed partner of | Barbara Montagu |
| Profession(s) | Fiction writer/novelist , Historian |
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| 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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Receptions of Scott, Sarah, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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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".