Surname: Opie Forename(s): Amelia b. 12 November 1769. d. 2 December 1853. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet of the Romantic period. Contributed to
the Norwich political reformist periodical The Cabinet. Admitted to the Society of Friends in 1825 which led to extensive philanthropic
work including involvement in the abolitionist movement. Connected with major literary
figures including William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Anna Eliza Bray. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)