Agnes Strickland (18 July 1796 – 8 July 1874) was an English historical writer and poet.The daughter of Thomas Strickland and Elizabeth (born Homer) of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, Agnes and her elder sister Elizabeth were educated by their father as if they were boys. Agnes was born at Rotherhithe in Surrey, (she was christened in Rotherhithe on 18 August 1796) where her father was employed as a manager of the Greenland Dock. The family moved to Reydon Hall in 1808.[1] Her siblings were Elizabeth; Sarah; Jane Margaret, Catharine Parr, Susanna Moodie (1803–1885) and Samuel Strickland. All of the children except Sarah eventually became writers Less