Joanna Baillie

Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as Plays on the Passions (three volumes, 1798–1812) and Fugitive Verses (1840). Her work shows an interest in moral philosophy and the Gothic. She was critically acclaimed in her lifetime, and while living in Hampstead, associated with contemporary writers such as Anna Barbauld, Lucy Aikin, and Walter Scott. She died at the age of 88.

Joanna Baillie
c. 1825 drawing of Joanna Baillie by Mary Ann Knight
Born11 September 1762 
Bothwell (Kingdom of Great Britain) 
Died23 February 1851  (aged 88)
Hampstead 
OccupationWriter, tragedy writer 
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