Lucy Aikin

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Lucy Aikin was a prominent English historian, biographer, and writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for her historical works on the courts of Elizabeth I and James I.

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Lucy Aikin canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person
biographer
essayist
historian
translator
writer
birthDate 1781-11-06
birthPlace Warrington
surface form: Warrington, Lancashire, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1864-01-29
deathPlace Hampstead, London, England
educatedAt home education
familyName Aikin
father John Aikin
fieldOfWork biography
children's literature
history
translation
gender female
genre biography
children's literature
essays
historical writing
givenName Lucy
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Unitarianism
name Lucy Aikin self-link
nationality English
notableWork Epistles on Women
Juvenile Correspondence
Joseph Addison
surface form: Life of Joseph Addison

Life of William Howard, Viscount Stafford
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the First
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second
Memoirs of the Court of King James the First
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
Poetry for Children
occupation biographer
historian
translator
writer
period early 19th century
late 18th century
relative Anna Laetitia Barbauld
religiousAffiliation Unitarian
residence Hampstead, London, England
sibling Arthur Aikin
uncle Anna Laetitia Barbauld
wroteAbout Court of Elizabeth I
surface form: Court of Elizabeth I of England

Court of James I of England
English history of the 16th century
English history of the 17th century

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Description of subject: Lucy Aikin was a prominent English historian, biographer, and writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for her historical works on the courts of Elizabeth I and James I.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Aikin hasRelative Lucy Aikin
Lucy Aikin name Lucy Aikin self-link
Aikin familyNameOf Lucy Aikin
Aikin notableBearersInclude Lucy Aikin