McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi.
xliii
John Aikin
Standard Name: Aikin, John,, the elder
Used Form: Rev. John Aikin
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Heyrick | EH
's father, John Coltman
, had been taught by John Aikin
(father of Anna Letitia Barbauld
). He was an industrialist engaged in the manufacture of worsteds (material from which stockings were made), with... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | The Rev. John Aikin
, ALB
's father, was appointed tutor in languages and belles lettres at the newly opened Dissenting Warrington Academy
, in Warrington, Lancashire. Ritchie, Anne Thackeray. A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen. Smith, Elder, 1883. 10 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | ALB
's father, the Rev. John Aikin
, took over the post of tutor in divinity at Warrington Academy
, on the death of Dr John Taylor
of Norwich. McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi. xliii |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | ALB
's father, the Rev. John Aikin
, was a dissenting minister, schoolmaster, and tutor, whose family roots lay in Scotland. He was Master of Kibworth School
in Leicestershire when Anna was born. McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi. xliii McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. 1 |
| Friends, Associates | Catharine Trotter | Her friends and correspondents in later life included various men with intellectual or theological interests (William Warburton
, Thomas Sharp
, Archdeacon of Northumberland, Edmund Law
, John Aikin the elder
), and her... |
| Instructor | Anna Letitia Barbauld | Anna's early education took place at home. Her niece later described her childhood as the kind idealised by the Romantic poets: she was left alone to pursue her own interests and develop a deep love... |
Timeline
By Christmas 1869: Francis Galton, mathematician, scientist,...
Writing climate item
By Christmas 1869
Francis Galton
, mathematician, scientist, and eugenicist, published Hereditary Genius: An Enquiry into its Laws and Consequences,
Saturday Review. Chawton.
28.739 (25 December 1869): 832-3
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