Moody, Elizabeth (1737–1814)

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Moody, Elizabeth (1737–1814)

British poet. Name variations: Mrs. Moody; (pseudonyms) Aretina; Eliza; Miss G; The Muse of Surbiton; Sappho. Born April 1737 in Kingston, Surrey, England; died Dec 10, 1814, in London, England; dau. of Edward Greenly and Mary Shepherd Greenly; m. Reverend Christopher Lake Moody.

Encouraged by husband, published poems in periodicals; became 1st female reviewer for Monthly Review (1789); published a collection of poems in Poetic Trifles (1798).

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