Ann Yearsley [the Bristol Milkwoman]

(1753-1806)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Yearsley, Ann, 1753-1806 NRA: Yearsley Ann (1756-1806) Poet called 'Lactilla' DNB: Yearsley [née Cromartie], Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806), poet and writer LBT ID: AnYears1806 VIAF ID: 54287394 LOC ID: n83041693	B/BAP: 1753-07-15 DIED: 1806-05-06
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The daughter of John Cromartie; she rose to fame as an untutored genius patronized by Hannah More, with whom, upon asserting her independence, she had a very public quarrel.
REFERENCES TO Ann Yearsley [the Bristol Milkwoman]: Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 22 September 1799 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. VI. 1799-1800