Item Detail
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Vardill, Anna Jane (1781-1852)
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married name Niven; A. J. V. pseudonym: "A Lady" pseudonym: "V"
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poet, translator, periodical contributor, hymnist
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English; born in London; lived in Scotland
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daughter of Agnes Birtwhistle & Revd Dr John Vardill (1749-1811); wife of James Niven
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European Magazine
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- Stephens, Tony. The Birtwhistles of Craven and Galloway: “the greatest graziers and dealers in the Kingdom”? North Craven Heritage Trust, Journal 2008. (http://www.settledistrictu3a.org.uk/NCHTJto2009/Journals/2008/Birtwhistles.html)
- Cushing, William. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises. N.Y.: T. Y. Crowell & Company, [1867, 1885, etc.].
- Hymnary.org
- The Encyclopedia of British Women Writers, 1998 revised & expanded edition.
- Blain, Virginia; Clements, Patricia; Grundy, Isobel. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. © Oxford University Press
- FamilySearch
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• wrote Poems and Translations, from the Minor Greek Poets and Others The Pleasures of Human Life