Isabella Lickbarrow

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IL , an obscure local poet writing in the early nineteenth century, nevertheless tackled national issues in her poetry as well as landscape description, tales, songs, and personal tributes.

Milestones

5 November 1784

Isabella or Elizabeth Lickbarrow was born at Kendal in Westmorland, the eldest of four daughters in her family.
“Elizabeth Lickbarrow (1784-1847) Poet”. University of Rochester,: Department of English: The Apocalypse in English Romantic Literature: Apocalypse and Gender.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1818

Four years after her former volume, IL published at Liverpool a book containing two long poems: A Lament upon The Death of Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte ; and, Alfred, A Vision.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

10 February 1847

IL died at her home in Kendal, of tuberculosis.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Elizabeth Lickbarrow (1784-1847) Poet”. University of Rochester,: Department of English: The Apocalypse in English Romantic Literature: Apocalypse and Gender.

Biography

Birth and Family

5 November 1784

Isabella or Elizabeth Lickbarrow was born at Kendal in Westmorland, the eldest of four daughters in her family.
“Elizabeth Lickbarrow (1784-1847) Poet”. University of Rochester,: Department of English: The Apocalypse in English Romantic Literature: Apocalypse and Gender.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.