Name Laetitia Hawkins Role Novelist | Died November 22, 1835 Parents John Hawkins | |
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Books Gossip about Dr. Johnson and Others: Being Chapters from the Memoirs of Miss Laetitia Matilda Hawkins |
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (baptized 8 August 1759 – 22 November 1835) was an English novelist, associated with Twickenham. She is a character in Beryl Bainbridge's novel According to Queeney.
Hawkins was the daughter of Sir John Hawkins, an acquaintance of Samuel Johnson. She wrote at least four novels, including The Countess and Gertrude (1811), and she also acted as an amanuensis for her father. Her work was published anonymously until after Sir John's death in 1789.
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