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Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838

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Personal name headingGrant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838
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Variant(s)Author of Letters from the mountains, 1755-1838
Grant, Anne, 1755-1838
Grant, Mrs. (Anne MacVicar), 1755-1838
Grant, Mrs., of Laggan, 1755-1838
Letters from the mountains, Author of, 1755-1838
MacVicar, Anne, 1755-1838
Other standard no.Q4768392
Associated countryGreat Britain United States
LocatedAlbany (N.Y.) Laggan (Scotland)
Birth date1755-02-21
Death date1838-11-07
Place of birthGlasgow (Scotland)
Place of deathEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityPoetry Autobiographies
Profession or occupationPoets Authors
Found inHer Memoirs of an American lady, 1876: t.p. (Anne Grant)
Her Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1818: t.p. (Mrs. Grant)
Her Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1811: t.p. (Author of Letters from the mountains)
Eighteen hundred and thirteen: a poem in two parts, 1814: t.p. (Mrs Grant of Laggan)
Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1975: t.p. (Anne MacVicar Grant)
Black, A.D. Mrs. Anne Grant of Laggan, 1971
Oxford DNB online, 8 Jan. 2014 (Anne Grant, née MacVicar, author; born 21 February 1755 at Glasgow; lived in North America as a child; returned to Scotland in 1768; married military chaplain James Grant in 1779 and moved to the parish of Laggan; she died 7 November 1838 in Edinburgh; her works include "Letters from the mountains", "Memoirs of an American lady", "Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland", and a collection of verses)
Wikipedia, 8 Jan. 2014: under Anne Grant (Anne Macvicar Grant, born 21 February 1755, died 7 November 1838, is a Scottish poet and author; she mainly grew up in and around Albany, New York, where her father was stationed)
Associated languageeng