Anna Laetitia Aikin

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Anna Laetitia Aikin, better known as Anna Laetitia Barbauld, was an influential 18th-century English poet, essayist, and children's writer associated with the early Romantic movement.

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Anna Laetitia Aikin canonical 8
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instanceOf abolitionist ⓘ
children's writer ⓘ
dissenter ⓘ
educator ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anna Laetitia Barbauld ⓘ
Mrs. Barbauld ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1743-06-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1825-03-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Warrington Academy (informal education via father) ⓘ
linked to: Warrington Academy
employer Palgrave boarding school ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Aikin ⓘ
Barbauld ⓘ
father John Aikin (1713–1780) ⓘ
linked to: John Aikin
genre children's literature ⓘ
essays ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
givenName Anna ⓘ
Laetitia ⓘ
influenced Romantic poets ⓘ
later children's writers ⓘ
influencedBy Joseph Priestley ⓘ
Rational Dissenters ⓘ
linked to: Dissenters
knownFor contributions to early Romantic poetry ⓘ
essays on literary criticism and aesthetics ⓘ
pioneering children's literature in English ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Jane Jennings Aikin ⓘ
movement Dissenting literary tradition ⓘ
Enlightenment ⓘ
early Romanticism ⓘ
notableIdea integration of moral and religious instruction in children's literature ⓘ
use of familiar domestic scenes in early childhood education texts ⓘ
notableWork Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, a Poem (1812) ⓘ
Evenings at Home (1792–1796) ⓘ
linked to: Evenings at Home

Hymns in Prose for Children (1781) ⓘ
Lessons for Children (1778–1779) ⓘ
Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose (1773) ⓘ
Poems (1773) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England ⓘ
linked to: Kibworth Harcourt
placeOfDeath Stoke Newington, London, England ⓘ
linked to: Stoke Newington
politicalAlignment Whig sympathies ⓘ
positionHeld co-founder of a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion English Dissenting Protestant ⓘ
English Presbyterian ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling John Aikin (physician and writer) ⓘ
linked to: John Aikin
spouse Rochemont Barbauld ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Palgrave, Suffolk ⓘ
Stoke Newington ⓘ

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Anna Laetitia Barbauld → birthName → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Anna Laetitia Barbauld → givenName → Anna Laetitia ⓘ
subject linked to: Anna
linked to: Anna Laetitia Aikin
Poems (1773) → author → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Poems (1773) → helpedEstablishReputationOf → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Poems (1773) → hasCreator → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Palgrave, Suffolk → wasHomeOf → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Palgrave, Suffolk → wasWorkplaceOf → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Palgrave boarding school → employed → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ
Palgrave boarding school → notableTeacher → Anna Laetitia Aikin ⓘ