Short name |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
VIAF |
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First name |
Mary |
Birth name |
Wortley Montagu |
Married name |
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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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Place of residence notes |
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Related to |
Helen Maria Williams
,
Sarah Fielding
,
Mary Astell
|
Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN: - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 611. |
Provisional Notes |
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). |