McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
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John Aikin
Standard Name: Aikin, John,, the younger
Used Form: Dr John Aikin
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | Since she and her husband
were so far childless (as they remained), ALB
adopted her brother
's third son, Charles Rochemont Aikin
, to bring up as her own. McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi. xliv |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | ALB
's beloved brother John Aikin
, who had been a support to her for so long, died after failing for several years. Rodgers, Betsy. Georgian Chronicle: Mrs Barbauld and her Family. Methuen, 1958. 152 McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi. xlvi |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Letitia Barbauld | ALB
and her brother John Aikin
, who was the younger by three and a half years, were very close all their lives both emotionally and intellectually. They collaborated as writers even when widely separated... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lucy Aikin | Her father, John Aikin
, was a doctor and writer. Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. (1864) 1: 396 |
| Friends, Associates | Lucy Aikin | LA
, aged eight, met the prison reformer John Howard
, who was a friend of her father
. Le Breton, Philip Hemery, and Lucy Aikin. “Memoir”. Memoirs, Miscellanies and Letters, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. xi-xii |
| Friends, Associates | Lucy Aikin | In her memoirs LA
claims to have been acquainted with all the notable literary women of her time. She was a close friend of Joanna Baillie
and Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger
. Another important friend and... |
| Friends, Associates | Amelia Opie | AO
's friendship with Anne
and Annabella Plumptre
(daughters of Robert Plumptre
, Prebend of Norwich, both of whom grew up to be writers) dated from their shared childhood. Plumptre, Anne. “Introduction”. Something New, edited by Deborah McLeod, Broadview, 1996, p. vii - xxix. xxvi, ix-x |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anna Letitia Barbauld | For this her great support and encouragement was her brother
(as he, rather than her husband
, continued to be for her later publications). After he left home to pursue his studies, she sent him... |
| Literary responses | Amelia Opie | Barbauld
found the poem touchingly picturesque and original; her brother, John Aikin
, thought it self-indulgent. qtd. in McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. 265 |
| Literary responses | Maria Edgeworth | In January 1797 the Critical Review recorded the widespread opinion that the author of Literary Ladies was John Aikin
(brother of Anna Laetitia Barbauld
, and a prolific and respected writer on pedagogical and social... |
| Occupation | Lucy Aikin | At the time of their move to Stoke Newington, LA
took on the task of caring for her father
, who had been somewhat disabled physically (though not mentally) by a stroke. He relied on... |
| Publishing | Anna Letitia Barbauld | While ALB
's brother John
was editor of the Monthly Magazine; she contributed to it at least fifteen poems and essays, perhaps many more. McCarthy, William et al. “Introduction”. The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld, University of Georgia Press, 1994, p. xxi - xlvi. xlv McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. 372 |
| Publishing | Anna Letitia Barbauld | She wrote for other periodicals as well. From 1803 she reviewed poetry and belles lettres for the Annual Review, edited by her nephew Arthur Aikin
, though few of her contributions are identified. For... |
| Publishing | Ann Batten Cristall | Subscribers included Anna Letitia Barbauld
and her brother
, Ann Jebb
, the future Amelia Opie
, Anna Maria Porter
, Mary Wollstonecraft
and her sister, Mary Hays
and her sister, a Mrs Spence who... |
| Residence | Lucy Aikin | After her father
's death, LA
and her mother lived in Hampstead until her mother too died. Le Breton, Philip Hemery, and Lucy Aikin. “Memoir”. Memoirs, Miscellanies and Letters, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. xxv |
Timeline
1777: John Howard, with The State of the Prisons...
Building item
1777
John Howard
, with The State of the Prisons in England and Wales (printed by William Eyres
at Warrington and sold by Joseph Johnson
in London) initiated a movement for prison reform.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33. 517
23 May 1794-1 July 1795: The Habeas Corpus Act (against imprisonment...
National or international item
23 May 1794-1 July 1795
The Habeas Corpus Act (against imprisonment without trial) was suspended in a crackdown on treasonable or radical activity. John Aikin
wrote that its suspension during the war years became so frequent as to be habitual...
February 1796: The Monthly Magazine: or British Register,...
Writing climate item
February 1796
The Monthly Magazine: or British Register, edited by Anna Letitia Barbauld
's brother John Aikin
, began publication.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
370-3
January 1807-June 1809: John Aikin (Anna Letitia Barbauld's brother)...
Writing climate item
January 1807-June 1809
John Aikin
(Anna Letitia Barbauld
's brother) ran a Dissenting periodical, The Athenæum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information.
White, Daniel E. “The Joineriana: Anna Barbauld, the Aikin Family Circle, and the Dissenting Public Sphere”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 4, 1999, pp. 511-33. 531n25
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
Texts
Barbauld, Anna Letitia, and John, the younger Aikin. Evenings at Home. J. Johnson, 1796.
Barbauld, Anna Letitia, and John, the younger Aikin. Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose. J. Johnson, 1773.
Barbauld, Anna Letitia et al. “Songs I-VI”. Essays on Song-Writing, J. Johnson, 1772.