Joanna Baillie
Playwright, Poet
Died when: 88 years 165 days (1061 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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.
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