Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was an English natural philosopher, poet, fiction writer, and playwright. She was a prolific writer, publishing over a dozen original texts under her name at a time when women were largely excluded from publishing.
- Occupation
- philosopher, physicist, poet, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1623, 1617
- Died
- December 15, 1673