William Beckford
burlesqued women writers and attacked reactionary government in his novelModern Novel Writing, or the Elegant Enthusiast; and Interesting Emotions of Arabella Bloomville. A Rhapsodical Romance; Interspersed with Poetry, published as Lady Harriet Marlow.
1816
John Reeves
, a tea inspector with the East India Company
, sent the first wisteria plant from China to England.