biography
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Seward, Anna
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known as the Swan of Lichfield
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pronunciation:
[sooerd]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1742–1809)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Eyam, Derbyshire, C England, UK. She lived from the age of 10 at Lichfield, where her father, himself a poet, became a canon. He died in 1790, but she continued to live on in the bishop's palace, and wrote poetry. Her best known work is the poetical novel Louisa (1784), which was popular for its sentiment. Her poems were edited by Sir Walter Scott in 1810, with a memoir. |
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