Isabella Trotter

Isabella Trotter (1796-1847) was a teacher, governess and writer from Galloway.[1]: 230  She was the daughter of Grizel Stevenson and Robert Trotter 'the Muir Doctor'.[1]: 230  She was the sister of Robert Trotter, who along with his sons Robert de Bruce Trotter, Alexander Trotter, and James Trotter, recorded the folklore and local history of Galloway. Isabella was the only woman in the family to write.[1]: 230 

Works

  • Memoirs of the Late Robert Trotter, Esq., Surgeon, New Galloway (1822)
  • The Four Glenkens' Ministers, in The Dumfries Monthly Magazine (December 1826); reprinted in John Nicholson's Historical and Traditional Tales in Prose and Verse: Connected with the South of Scotland (1843: pp. 388-394)

References

  1. ^ a b c Watt, Julia Muir (2000). "Isabella Trotter". Dumfries and Galloway: a literary guide. Dumfries and Galloway. Dumfries: Dumfries and Galloway Libraries, Information and Archives. ISBN 978-0-946280-46-9.
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