A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Campbell, Dorothea Primrose

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CAMPBELL, DOROTHEA PRIMROSE,

Was a native of Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands. In 1816, she published a volume of poems, which were dedicated by permission to Sir Walter Scott, who made her acquaintance when he visited the Northern Isles two years previously. The character of her poetry, chiefly suggested by the wild rough scenery amid which she lived, is healthy in tone and moral in sentiment. Unlike most authors, she seems to have been appreciated by the people about her, and to have gained "honour in her own country;" and for this reason, if for nothing else, is entitled to a place among our "remarkable women."