▁Another ▁brother , ▁the ▁architect ▁Edmund ▁A ik in ▁( 1 7 8 0 – 1 8 2 0 ), ▁also ▁wrote ▁influ ential ▁works ▁about ▁architecture . ▁ ▁She ▁lived ▁with ▁her ▁parents ▁in ▁Great ▁Y arm outh ▁and ▁Sto ke ▁New ington ▁until ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁father ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 2 , ▁when ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁H amp st ead , ▁where , ▁apart ▁from ▁a ▁short ▁interval ▁in ▁W im ble don , ▁she ▁spent ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁her ▁life . ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁a ▁brief ▁attend ance ▁at ▁a ▁day ▁school ▁in ▁Y arm outh , ▁A ik in ▁was ▁educated ▁largely ▁by ▁her ▁father ▁and ▁her ▁a unt , ▁an ▁early ▁critic ▁of ▁the ▁education ▁system . ▁She ▁" read ▁widely ▁in ▁English , ▁French , ▁Italian , ▁and ▁Latin ▁literature ▁and ▁history ," ▁began ▁publishing ▁for ▁mag az ines ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 7 , ▁and ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁assist ed ▁her ▁father ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁his ▁writ ings . ▁ ▁Works ▁A ik in ' s ▁works ▁del ve ▁into ▁the ▁art istic , ▁social , ▁and ▁literary ▁sides ▁of ▁her ▁period ▁rather ▁than ▁its ▁religious , ▁military ▁or ▁parliament ary ▁history . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 0 ▁appeared ▁her ▁first ▁considerable ▁work , ▁Ep ist les ▁on ▁Women , ▁Ex empl ifying ▁their ▁Character ▁and ▁Cond ition ▁in ▁Vari ous ▁A ges ▁and ▁Nations , ▁with ▁Mis cell aneous ▁Po ems , ▁and ▁in ▁