Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)
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| Short name | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/7394587/ |
| First name | Mary |
| Birth name | Wortley Montagu |
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| Alternative name | Lady Montague — Lady Mary Pierrepont |
| Date of birth | 1689 |
| Date of death | 1762 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | London |
| Place of death | London |
| Lived in | England |
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| Father | |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | Educated at home, Self-educated |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | Writer, poet |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was ...
| related to | Mary Astell |
| related to | Fielding, Sarah |
| related to | Helen Maria Williams |
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| Place(s) of Residence | England |
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-Circulations of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley | 1725 | is portrait of | |
| ZZ*Letter mentioning Lady Montagu (à D'Hermenches) | Charrière, Isabelle de | 1764 | comments on person |
| *Remark in private letter | Riccoboni, Marie-Jeanne | 1767 | comments on person |
| *Art. in Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1803 | comments on person |
| Leevensberigt van Mejuffrouw Mary Wortley Montagu | Unknown translator (to be identified) | 1805 | is obituary of |
| Les femmes illustres de l'Europe The glorious women of Europe | Drohojowska, Antoinette-Joséphine-Françoise-Anne | 1822 | is biography of |
| Ueber die Kinderblattern About chicken pox | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1824 | - |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1838 | - |
| Engelske forfatterinder English Authoresses | Horn, Erik Frederik Barth | 1858 | comments on person |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1863 | - |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | Reinhart Pieter Dozy | 1865 | - |
| Lady Montague over Rotterdam | Henriette van *S. | 1876 | comments on person |
| *Mention in Art. in De Gids | J. A. F. L. van Heeckeren | 1885 | - |
| Kvindesagen The Woman Question | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1888 | comments on person |
| *The social advancement of women in this century | Millicent Fawcett | 1888 | comments on person |
| Märkvärdiga qvinnor. Serie 1, Utländska qvinnor. Remarkable women. Series 1, Foreign women | Fries, Ellen | 1890 | is biography of |
| *Review article on Montagu | Caminer Turra, Elisabetta | None | comments on person |
MENTIONED IN: - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 611.
Married (to Edward Wortley Montagu, 1712), separated in 1739. 1 son: Edward Wortley Montagu the younger, and 1 daughter: Mary Countess of Bute.
Letter writer; traveled to Turkey. Translator from Ancient Greek.
Collaborated with:
- Writer, courtier and memoirist John Hervey (friend).
- Writer Alexander Pope (admirer, but they later publicly fell out).