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Charlotte Lennox
1804Jan, 4

Charlotte Lennox

Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
Charlotte Lennox, née Ramsay (c. 1730 – 4 January 1804), was a Scottish novelist, playwright and poet, mostly remembered today as the author of The Female Quixote, and for her association with Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Richardson. However, she had a long career in her own right.

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