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, p. xxi - xlvi.
xliii
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
