Hannah More

Hannah More (born Feb. 2, 1745, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Sept. 7, 1833, Bristol, Gloucestershire) was an English religious writer, best known as a writer of popular tracts and as an educator of the poor. As a young woman with literary aspirations, More made the first of her visits to London in 1773–74. She was welcomed into a circle of Bluestocking wits and was befriended by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Johnson, and Edmund Burke and, particularly,...