Her great grandfather, Dr John Taylor
, was the pastor of a Presbyterian church in Norwich, the author of a celebrated polemical work on The Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin(1738),
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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.
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