Catherine Hutton
British writer

Catherine Hutton

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Quick facts
Intro
British writer
Gender:
Female
Work field:
Birth:
11 February 1756
Death:
13 March 1846
Family:
Father:
William Hutton
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Biography

Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English novelist and letter-writer.
Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley and the novelist Robert Bage. A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others, Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and her mathematician cousin Charles Hutton. She built up a collection of over two thousand letters, some of which were published after her death.
Hutton published a number of novels including The Miser Married: a Novel (1813) - itself partly written as a series of letters - The Welsh Mountaineer (1817) and Oakwood Hall (1819). She also wrote a history of the Queens of England and numerous pieces of journalism.