Cowley, Hannah
Cowley, Hannah,
1743–1809, English poet and dramatist. One of the Della-CruscansDella-Cruscans[from the Accademia della Crusca, founded for linguistic purity, Florence, 16th cent.], a group of English poets living in Italy at the end of the 18th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. , she contributed under the name Alma Matilda sentimental verse to the World. Her most successful comedy was The Belle's Stratagem (produced in 1780).