Joanna Baillie Writer

Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, she hosted a literary society in her cottage at Hampstead. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 11, 1762
Birth place	Scotland , Lanarkshire , Bothwell
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of death	February 23, 1851
Place of death	England , Hampstead