Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English novelist and letter-writer.
Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley and the novelist Robert Bage. A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others, Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and her mathematician cousin Charles Hutton.[1] She built up a collection of over two thousand letters, some of which were published after her death.[2]
Hutton published a number of novels including The Miser Married: a Novel (1813) - itself partly written as a series of letters - The Welsh Mountaineer (1817) and Oakwood Hall (1819). She also wrote a history of the Queens of England and numerous pieces of journalism.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Mitchell, Rosemary (2004). "Hutton, Catherine (1756–1846)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14299. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ "Catherine Hutton". Literary Heritage West Midlands. Shropshire County Council. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
External links
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- The miser married Complete text of Hutton's first published novel
- "Archival material relating to Catherine Hutton". UK National Archives.
- The Tour of Africa - compiled by Catherine Hutton
- Reminiscences of a Gentlewoman of the Last Century: Letters of Catherine Hutton at the Internet Archive
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