Anne Kingsmill Finch

Poet; famous for aesthetic sensibility and poems expressing a desire for respect as a female poet; poems such as “The Progress of Life,” and “To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters” were popular with manuscript compilers.

Full Name	Anne Kingsmill Finch
Variant Names	Countess of Winchilsea
Gender	Female
Birth Date	1661
Death Date	1720
Coteries
Biographical Links	ODNB

Beinecke Osborn c258

Title	A Collection of Poems
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Role: Major author

Folger MS N.b.3

Title	Miscellany Poems with Two Plays by Ardelia
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Roles: Major author, Primary compiler

Leeds Brotherton Lt 36

Title	Untitled
Period	1701-1730
Archive	Brotherton Library

Role: Major author

Role	First Line
Author	Blest be the Man! his Memory at least How gaily is at first begun Sure of Success, to You I boldly write What art thou, Spleen, which everything dost ape?