Sydney, Lady Morgan

Sydney, Lady Morgan, was an Irish novelist, best known for The Wild Irish Girl (1806), a romantic, and some critics suggest, "proto-feminist", novel with political and patriotic overtones. Her work, including continental travelogues, sparked controversy and faced censorship. She counted Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron among her defenders.

25 December 1776

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Born in the same month (December 1776): Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este • Johann Spurzheim • Johann Wilhelm Ritter • Nikolay Kamensky