The Resume

(January 15, 1803-December 19, 1811)
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom
Famous for her diaries, letters and poems
Distantly related by marriage to Walter Scott
Died of meningitis following measles at age eight

Why she might be annoying:

Her family called her ‘Pet Marjorie.’
She was spoiled and had frequent tantrums.
She hated her math lessons.
Stories of her friendship with Walter Scott (who supposedly called her his ‘bonnie, wee croodlin’ doo’) are probably false.
Her Victorian editors, shocked by her use of words such as ‘bitch,’ bowdlerized her diaries.

Why she might not be annoying:

She could read when she was three.
She was quite witty and observant for her age.
Her father was so devastated by her death he never mentioned her name again.
Her poems are occasionally included in anthologies of light verse.
She could have become a first rate writer if she’d lived.

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Poets
• Born on Martin Luther King's Birthday [January 15th] (Ranked: 1803)
• Child Stars [Pre-1900]
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 4]
• I am Scottish
• I Died Before My 18th Birthday (Ranked: 8)
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 8)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Poets
• Profiles 25251-25500 (Ranked: 25396)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 40.96% Annoying