Susanna Harvey Keir

(b. 1747, Scotland – d. 1802, Edinburgh, Scotland )

Gender: F

Susanna Harvey (1747-1802) was the author of moralising epistolary novels, including Interesting Memoirs (1785) and History of Miss Greville (1787). In 1774 she married the chemist and poet James Keir (1735-1820), a friend of Erasmus Darwin and Joseph Priestley. They had one daughter, Amelia.

Also known as:

Susanna Keir (née Harvey)

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