Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English

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ist and letter-writer. Born in

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, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of

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and the novelist

Robert Bage Robert Bage (11 March 1730 – 1 September 1801) was an English businessman and novelist. Biography Born in Darley Abbey, near Derby, Bage was the son of a paper-maker who had four wives, the first of whom was Bage's mother. She died soon after ...

. A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others,

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and her mathematician cousin

Charles Hutton Charles Hutton FRS FRSE LLD (14 August 1737 – 27 January 1823) was a British mathematician and surveyor. He was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich from 1773 to 1807. He is remembered for his calculation of the ...

. 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

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References

External links

The miser married
Complete text of Hutton's first published novel *
''The Tour of Africa'' - compiled by Catherine Hutton

''Reminiscences of a Gentlewoman of the Last Century: Letters of Catherine Hutton''
at the

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English women novelists 19th-century English writers 1756 births 1846 deaths Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands 19th-century English women writers {{UK-novelist-stub