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 | |
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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".