Susanna Highmore

Susanna Highmore (née Hiller) (1690 – 18 November 1750) was an English poet with a relatively small literary output.

She was listed as "an heiress", while Joseph Highmore was a portrait painter in high demand, and the couple lived in London and associated with Isaac Watts, William Duncombe, and Samuel Richardson.

They had two children, Anthony Highmore (later a painter) and Susanna (also known as a poet).

[1] Highmore educated her children according to the precepts of John Locke and kept them at home.

Her husband said that there were a great many poems that she wrote and left lying around, but he did not think to collect them nor she to publish them (her religious principles partly discouraging her from the pride of seeking attention).