Mary Wortley Montagu biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Mary Wortley Montagu

Author Name:

Mary Wortley Montagu

Born As:

Other Names:

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Born:

26 May 1689

Died:

21 Aug 1762




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Author, aristocrat, letter writer, and poet                          
she was an English aristocrat, letter writer, and poet. Lady Mary is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from travels to the Ottoman Empire, as wife to the British ambassador to Turkey, which Billie Melman described as "the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient". Aside from her writing, Lady Mary is also known for introducing and advocating for smallpox inoculation to Britain after her return from Turkey. Her writings address and challenge the hindering contemporary social attitudes towards women and their intellectual and social growth.                          
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Father Evelyn Pierrepont