Career
She was most probably born on 25 July 1756, though the date is often given as 1758. She died in Harrogate in England after a short illness. After his death in 1792 she continued to publish orientalist scholarship, as well as historical, educationalist and theoretical works.
She wrote The Cottagers of Glenburnie (1808), a tale which had much popularity in its day, and perhaps had some effect in the improvement of certain aspects of humble domestic life in Scotland.
Her most important pedagogical works are Letters on Education, Essays on the Human Mind (1796), Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education (1801), Letters addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle (1806), and Hints addressed to the Patrons and Directors of Schools (1815).