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   Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) 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 ...

2. www.britannica.com › Lady-Mary-Wortley-MontaguLady Mary Wortley Montagu | British Author & Poet | Britannica

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   Mar 27, 2024 · Died: Aug. 21, 1762, London. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (baptized May 26, 1689, London, Eng.—died Aug. 21, 1762, London) was the most colourful Englishwoman of her time and a brilliant and versatile writer. Her literary genius, like her personality, had many facets. She is principally remembered as a prolific letter writer in almost every ...

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3. www.poetryfoundation.org › poets › lady-mary-wortleyLady Mary Wortley Montagu | Poetry Foundation

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   A biography of the eighteenth-century poet and letter writer who used classical forms and satire to challenge sexual and class inequality. Learn about her life, works, influences, and feminist views.

4. www.nationaltrust.org.uk › discover › historyWho was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu? | National Trust

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English aristocrat and writer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain and Europe. Discover her insights from the Ottoman empire, her literary achievements, and the monument to her in Wentworth Castle Gardens.

5. theconversation.com › lady-mary-wortley-montaguLady Mary Wortley Montagu – the forgotten immunisation pioneer

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   Jul 20, 2021 · Learn how Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the Turkish practice of variolation to England and paved the way for Jenner's vaccination against smallpox. Discover her life, letters and legacy in this article by a medical historian.

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7. poets.org › poet › lady-mary-wortley-montaguAbout Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Academy of American Poets

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   Learn about the life and works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a prominent figure of the Augustan age. She wrote poems, letters, and translations, and traveled widely in Europe and Turkey.

8. www.encyclopedia.com › women › encyclopediasMontagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689–1762) | Encyclopedia.com

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a self-taught aristocrat, traveler, and letter writer. Explore her elopement, her diplomatic and literary career, and her views on the East and the West.

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   Who was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu?

   • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Edward Wortley Montagu spent the first years of their married life in England. She had a son, Edward Wortley Montagu the younger, named after his father Edward Wortley Montagu, on 16 May 1713, in London. On 13 October 1714, her husband accepted the post of Junior Commissioner of the Treasury.

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   Who was Lady Mary Wortley?

   • Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689–1762)Self-taught aristocrat of keen intelligence and sparkling wit, whose most enduring legacy can be found in her hundreds of surviving letters which incisively describe the mores of English high society, the mysteries of the East, and the life of an aristocratic exile in 18th-century Italy and France.

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   Why did Lady Mary elope with Edward Wortley Montagu?

   • Such independence of mind would characterize her entire adult life. Known for her flamboyant behavior, Montagu often wore elaborate Turkish clothing and took snuff; in her poems, too, Lady Mary exhibited an uncommon independence, wit, and candor. In 1712 Lady Mary eloped with Edward Wortley Montagu, a Whig M.P. like her father.

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   How many letters did Lady Mary Wortley Montagu write?

   • Although approximately 900 of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letters survive, along with many examples of her poetry and political satire, much of her writing has been lost. Her daughter burned her lengthy series of journals, and Mary had exercised self-censorship.

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