Susannah Dobson
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was a later eighteenth-century medieval scholar, translator, and populariser of historical knowledge.
- BirthName: Susannah Dawson In her printed signatures, Susanna is more frequent than Susannah, but the latter form is given in all reference sources.
- Married: DobsonShe published both as Mrs Dobson and Mrs Susanna Dobson
- Pseudonym: The Translator of the Life of Petrarch (S. D.)
Biography
Birth and Family
Susannah Dawson (later Dobson) was born, probably in London; the date is not known, though she was said at her marriage to be a minor aged twenty and so born in 1738 or 1739.