Surname: Aikin Forename(s): John b. 15 January 1747. d. 7 December 1822. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, biographer, editor, reviewer, children’s writer, and physician. Alternative
signature: “Dr. Aikin.” Brother of writer and educationalist Anna Letitia Barbauld.
Educated at the Warrington Academy and the University of Edinburgh. Edited The Monthly Magazine (1796-1801), Dodsley’s Annual Register (1811-1815), and The Athenaeum. Member of the radical publisher Joseph Johnson’s circle. Biographical information:
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