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Mary Wortley Montagu.
noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762)
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About Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Lady Mary joined her husband on the Ottoman excursion, where she was to spend the next two years of her life. During her time there, Lady Mary wrote extensively on her experience as a woman in Ottoman Constantinople. After her return to England, Lady Mary devoted her attention to the upbringing of her family before dying of cancer in 1762.
Everything about Mary Wortley Montagu →- Occupation
- explorer, poet, playwright, editor
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- May 15, 1689, 1689
- Died
- August 21, 1762