
Poetry of Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie was born on 11th September 1762 in Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland. As a child she displayed little interest in books preferring the childhood of an outdoors girl exploring nature and her surroundings. In 1784 she moved with her mother to London to help keep house for her brother Matthew who had inherited from a medical colleague. It was here that she became increasingly attrac...
Joanna Baillie was born on 11th September 1762 in Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland. As a child she displayed little interest in books preferring the childhood of an outdoors girl exploring nature and her surroundings. In 1784 she moved with her mother to London to help keep house for her brother Matthew who had inherited from a medical colleague. It was here that she became increasingly attrac...