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Author: Aikin, John

Biography:

Aikin, John (1747-1822: ODNB)

English physician and writer born in Kibworth Harcourt to the Rev. John Aikin, DD, teacher at a Dissenting academy, and Jane (Jennings) Aikin. Brother of Anna Letitia Barbauld with whom he collaborated on many literary projects, and father of Lucy Aikin. He was educated by his father and then trained in medicine, obtaining an MD from Leyden. He combined medical practice in Warrington, Yarmouth, and London with writing, reviewing, and editing--all of which he continued after retiring to Stoke Newington where his sister lived. (ODNB 30 Aug. 2017; Lucy Aikin, Memoir, 1823)

 

Other Names:

  • J. Aikin
 

Books written (7):

Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit.

London: Joseph Johnson, [1772]

Essays on Song-Writing: with a Collection of such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit.

2nd edn. Warrington: Joseph Johnson, 1774

Essays on Song Writing: with a Collection of English Songs as are most Eminent for Poetical Merit.

3rd edn. Dublin: Armitage, 1777

Ela, or the Delusions of the Heart . . . Henry and Emma: A Poem . . . and the Deserted Village.

Boston: Benj. Larkin and John W. Folsom, 1790

Poems.

London: J. Johnson, 1791

A View of the Life, Travels and Philanthropic Labours of the Late John Howard . . . ..

Boston: J. White. S. Hall, Thomas and Andrews, D. West, W. Spotswood, E. Larking, J. West, and the proprietor of the Boston Bookstore, 1794 [and 1795]

Essays on Song-writing; with a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit.

New edn. London: R. H. Evans, 1810