Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825) was an English poet, essayist, and children's author. She was born in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, to a family of Huguenot descent. She was educated at home by her father, John Aikin, a dissenting minister and tutor. Barbauld's first published work was a collection of poems, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1798). She wrote several other collections of poetry, including Poems (1773), The Mouse's Petition (1773), and Hymns in Prose for Children (1781). She also wrote a number of essays, including "On the Origin and Progress of Novel Writing" (1784) and "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" (1787). Barbauld was a prominent figure in the intellectual circles of the late 18th century. She was a friend of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. She was also a member of the Bluestocking Circle, a group of prominent female intellectuals. Barbauld died in 1825 in Stoke Newington, London. Her work has been widely anthologized and is still studied today.
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