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Lucy Aikin was born into a family of writers, the most well known of whom was her paternal aunt, Anna Letitia Barbauld, a woman of letters who wrote poetry and essays as well as early children's literature.
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His sister was Lucy Aikin ( 1781 – 1864 ), a historical writer.
* The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable by Mary Godolphin ( pseudonym of Lucy Aikin )
* Robinson Crusoe, told in words of one syllable, by Lucy Aikin ( aka " Mary Godolphin ") ( 1723 – 1764 ).
Much of what is known about Barbauld's life comes from two memoirs, the first published in 1825 and written by her niece Lucy Aikin, the second published in 1874 and written by her great-niece Anna Letitia Le Breton.
Barbauld's father prompted many such tributes, although Lucy Aikin described him as excessively modest and reserved.
According to Barbauld's niece, Lucy Aikin:
Lucy Aikin ( 6 November 1781 – 29 January 1864 ), born at Warrington, England into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians, was a historical writer.
Under the pseudonym Mary Godolphin, Lucy Aikin is also attributed for producing versions of: Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Aesop's Fables, Evenings at Home, and Sandford and Merton, " in Words of One Syllable ".
* See a Memoir of John Aikin, with selections of his miscellaneous pieces ( 1823 ); and the Memoirs, Miscellanies and Letters of Lucy Aikin ( 1864 ), including her correspondence ( 1826 – 1842 ) with William Ellery Channing, edited by P. H. Le Breton.
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* Lucy Aikin ( 1781 – 1864 ), author
His son, Arthur Aikin, was a prominent scientist and his daughter, Lucy Aikin, was a biographer.
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Lucy Upton was graduated from the Salem High School when few colleges, only Oberlin and Elmira, were open to women ; ;
The study of Greek was the distinctive mark of boys destined to go to college, and Lucy Upton too expected to go to college and take the full classical course offered to men.
With four younger children at home, Lucy stepped into her mother's role, and even after the brothers and sisters were grown, she was her father's comfort and stay until he died in 1879.
And it was Lucy Upton who first started the idea of a regular course in Music at Spelman College.
Lucy was a lively part of the household.
There is reason to suppose that Lucy would have made a record as publicly distinguished as her brother had it not been that her mother's death occurred just as she was about to enter college.
Lucy was sick of it.
The closet was faintly fragrant with lavender, and as Lucy shut the door an unhappy memory slipped into her mind, like a lavender ghost: Greg's house, on the day he was buried, and the child, pale, silent, baffled, watching the funeral guests with panicky eyes.
Was she thinking along the same lines Lucy was -- that it was quite possible Cathy might be left with her for good??
Lincoln's mother, Nancy, was the daughter of Lucy Hanks, and was born in what is now Mineral County, West Virginia, then part of Virginia.
Another similarity to Jane Eyre was the use of aspects from her own life as inspiration for fictional events, in particular reworking the time she spent at the pensionnat in Brussels into Lucy teaching at the boarding school, and falling in love with Constantin Heger into Lucy falling in love with ' Paul Emanuel '.
While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time.
His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Ball, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy.
The original premise was for the couple to portray Lucy and Larry Lopez, a successful show business couple whose glamorous careers interfered with their efforts to maintain a normal marriage.
Much of the material from their vaudeville act, including Lucy's memorable seal routine, was used in the pilot episode of I Love Lucy.
In addition to I Love Lucy, he executive produced The Ann Sothern Show, Those Whiting Girls and was briefly involved in several other series such as The Untouchables.
"' I Love Lucy ' was never just a title ", wrote Arnaz in the last years of his life.
A Lucy Swift gave birth in 1771 to a baby, also named Lucy, who was christened a daughter of her mother and William Swift, but there is reason to believe the father was really Darwin.
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Susan B. Anthony was born to Daniel Anthony ( 1794 – 1862 ) and Lucy Read ( 1793 – 1880 ) and raised in West Grove, Adams, Massachusetts.
The patron saint of the city is Saint Lucy ; she was born in Syracuse and her feast day, Saint Lucy's Day, is celebrated on 13 December.
He has two sisters, Sue Elizabeth ( born 1966 ) and Lucy Katherine ( born 1969 ).
In 1997 Enfield married Lucy Lyster and they have one son, Archie Edward ( born 1997 ) and two daughters, Poppy Sophia ( born 1999 ) and Nell Florence ( born 2003 ).
Hartnell was born in St Pancras, London, England, the only child of Lucy Hartnell, an unmarried mother.
* Lucy Liu ( born 1968 ), American actress
* Lucy Covington ( born 1910 ), activist for Native American emancipation
Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis ( née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins ; 1913 – 2007 ), an English actress, and the NBC television executive and television pioneer Sylvester " Pat " Weaver ( 1908 – 2002 ).
Thomas Lawrence was born at 6 Redcross Street, Bristol, the youngest surviving child of Thomas Lawrence, a supervisor of excise, and Lucy Read, the daughter of a clergyman.
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg ( born 21 July 1971 ) is an Anglo-French actress and singer.
* Lucy Baxley, former wife of Bill Baxley was born in Pansey near Dothan.
They have three children: Lucy Chet DeVito ( born March 1983 ), Grace Fan DeVito ( born March 1985 ) and Jacob Daniel DeVito ( born October 1987 ).
* Lucy Pickens-Socialite " Queen of the Confederacy " born at a nearby plantation.
Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio to Azariah Ashley Bancroft and Lucy Howe Bancroft.
* Lucy Walter, the mistress of Charles II, was born at Roch Castle near Haverfordwest.
* Lucy Pinder ( born 1983 ), English glamour model
Lucy Stone was born on August 13, 1818 on her family's farm at Coy's Hill in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.
Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, and Noah Webster published his dictionary there.
* Lucy Fleming ( born Eve Lucinda Fleming, 15 May 1947 ), now Lucy Williams, is an actress.
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