Sarah Trimmer
Author, editor; (1741-1810); married, in 1762, James Trimmer, of Brentford · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 69
Sarah Trimmer was an English writer and critic of 18th-century British children's literature, as well as an educational reformer.
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Sarah Trimmer's Sunday School in Brentford
Title page from the first edition of An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature (1780)
Title page from the first edition of Trimmer's Fabulous Histories (1786)
From Trimmer's A Description of a Set of Prints Taken from the New Testament: "Jesus spake unto them, saying, It is I, be not afraid. And Peter answered and said Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water: and he said, Come. And when Peter was come out of the ship, he (through the power of CHRIST) walked on the water likewise; but when he saw the wind boisterous, his faith or belief in CHRIST'S power, failed, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me! And immediately JESUS stretched forth his hand and caught him, saying, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"About this person
Her periodical, The Guardian of Education, helped to define the emerging genre by seriously reviewing children's literature for the first time; it also provided the first history of children's literature, establishing a canon of the early landmarks of the genre that scholars still use today. Trimmer's most popular children's book, Fabulous Histories, inspired numerous children's animal stories and remained in print for over a century.
