b. 28 January 1821. d. 31 October 1900. Nationality: English.
Novelist, poet, and editor. Pseudonym: “Fanny Aikin Kortright” and “Berkeley Aikin.”
Born in London. Worked as a governess for various families around the United Kingdom.
Contributed to *Family Herald*. Opened a school in her home with her sisters for local
and Anglo-Indian children. Editor of *Court Suburb Magazine* (1868–1870). Founded
a Sunday School for poor children and was a secretary at a school for working-class
girls. Author of the anti-suffragist pamphlet *Pro Aris et Focis: the True Rights
of Women* (1869). Never married. Acquainted with Samuel Carter Hall and Nathaniel
Hawthorne. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (CC)