Sinclair, Catherine, 1800-1864
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- Her Shetland and the Shetlanders, 1840:t.p. (Catherine Sinclair)
- Her Jane Bouverie, 1851:t.p. (Catherine Sinclair)
- Her Lives of the Caesars, 1848:p. 8 (Mrs. Sinclair)
- LC in RLIN, 7/20/87(hdg.: Sinclair, Catherine, 1800-1864)
- MWA/NAIP files, Nov. 20, 2008(hdg.: Sinclair, Catherine, 1800-1864; usage: Catherine Sinclair; Mrs. Sinclair; note: Scottish author; even though she never married, sometimes referred to as Mrs. Sinclair; b. Thurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland, 17 Apr. 1800; d. 6 Aug. 1864)
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Wikipedia description:
Catherine Sinclair (17 April 1800 – 6 August 1864) was a Scottish novelist and children's writer, who departed from the moralising approach common in that period. She is credited with discovering that the author of the initially anonymous Waverley Novels was Sir Walter Scott.
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