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:
*ODNB*. (AC)