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Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius's De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) into English verse, during the years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Lucy Hutchinson has a place in literature for her biography of her husband, Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, in addition to her works in poetry and translation. In the book she records that he had many notable victories in the Civil War, including at Shelford Manor on 27 October 1645. In this battle he defeated his kin Colonel Philip Stanhope, the fifth son of the 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Lucy may have even seen the battle. Lucy Hutchinson was an ardent Puritan, and she held fast to her Calvinist convictions after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. She died at Owthorpe in October 1681, and was buried in her husband's tomb. #womenartist #womanwriter #neverthelessshepersisted #girlsruntheworld #girlscandoanything #womenempowerment #femaleempowerment #womenartistsinhistory #womenauthorsinhistory #women #womenwriters #womenwritersofinstagram #womenshistory #history #lucyhutchinson #englishwomen #translation #translator #englishwriters https://www.instagram.com/p/Bow1exXA3d4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r5ntad212lca