List of 18th-century British children's literature authors explained

This is a list of 18th-century British children's literature authors (arranged by year of birth):

• Isaac Watts (1674–1748) ^[1]
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)^[2]
• John Newbery (1713–1767)^[3]
• Christopher Smart (1722–1771) ^[4]
• Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
• Dorothy Kilner (1735–1836)
• Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810)^[5]
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825)^[6]
• Ellenor Fenn (1743–1813)^[7]
• Hannah More (1745–1833)
• John Aikin (1747–1822)^[8]
• Thomas Day (1748–1789)
• Charlotte Smith (1749–1806)
• Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831)
• Maria Elizabetha Jacson (1755–1829)
• Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836)
• Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849)^[9]
• Lucy Peacock (fl. 1775–1816)
• Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isaac Watts Preacher, Poet, Hymn Writer - Christian Biography Resources . 2012-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120812005522/http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpwatts.html . 2012-08-12 .
2. Web site: © Orlando Project.
3. Web site: John Newbery . 2012-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920203601/http://www.iupui.edu/~engwft/newbery.htm . 2012-09-20 .
4. Web site: The Academy of American Poets - Christopher Smart . www.poets.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051018183915/http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/282 . 2005-10-18.
5. Web site: Sarah Trimmer.
6. Web site: Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
7. Web site: Ellenor Fenn.
8. Web site: John Aikin.
9. Web site: Maria Edgeworth.