Catherine Hutton
Catherine Hutton(11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an Englishnovelistandletter-writer.
Born inBirmingham,the daughter of historianWilliam Hutton,Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer ofoxygenJoseph Priestleyand the novelistRobert Bage.A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others,Charles Dickens,Edward Bulwer-Lyttonand her mathematician cousinCharles Hutton.[1]She built up a collection of over two thousand letters, some of which were published after her death.[2]
Hutton published a number of novels includingThe Miser Married: a Novel(1813) - itself partly written as a series of letters -The Welsh Mountaineer(1817) andOakwood Hall(1819). She also wrote a history of the Queens of England and numerous pieces ofjournalism.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abMitchell, Rosemary (2004)."Hutton, Catherine (1756–1846)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(Online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14299.Retrieved21 February2008.
- ^"Catherine Hutton".Literary Heritage West Midlands.Shropshire County Council. 11 March 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 14 June 2012.Retrieved21 February2008.
External links
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- The miser marriedComplete text of Hutton's first published novel
- "Archival material relating to Catherine Hutton".UK National Archives.
- The Tour of Africa- compiled by Catherine Hutton
- Reminiscences of a Gentlewoman of the Last Century: Letters of Catherine Huttonat theInternet Archive
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