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Sarah Burney
Portrait of Sarah Burney, c. 1790
Portrait of Sarah Burney, c. 1790
BornSarah Burney
(1772-08-29)29 August 1772
King's Lynn, England
Died8 February 1844(1844-02-08) (aged 71)
Cheltenham, England
OccupationNovelist
RelativesFrances Burney (half-sister)
James Burney (half-brother)
Charles Burney (father)

Sarah Harriet Burney (29 August 1772 – 8 February 1844) was an English novelist. She was the daughter of the musicologist and composer Charles Burney and half-sister of the novelist and diarist Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay).[1][2] She had some intermittent success with her novels.

  1. ^ "The Burney Family. Biographical Notes". In: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay) Vol. 1. 1791–1792. Edited by Joyce Hemlow et al. (London: OUP, 1972)
  2. ^ Humphreys, Jennett (1886). "Burney, Sarah Harriet" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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