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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gilbert_ImlayGilbert Imlay - Wikipedia

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   Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. embassy to France and became one of the earliest American writers, producing two books, the influential A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, and a novel, The Emigrants, both of which ...

3. daily.jstor.org › the-mystery-man-in-maryThe Mystery Man in Mary Wollstonecraft's Life - JSTOR Daily

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   May 16, 2016 · This radical and abolitionist Gilbert Imlay is the man Wollstonecraft fell in love with and dreamed of living with “on a farm in the pristine American wilderness.” Inlay also wrote what is considered the first American frontier novel, The Emigrants (1793), with some assistance from Wollstonecraft.

4. knarf.english.upenn.edu › People › gimlayGilbert Imlay - University of Pennsylvania

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   Gilbert Imlay Imlay, an army officer during the American War for Independence, settled for a time in Kentucky, writing from his experiences on the then-frontier a valuable Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America , published in London in 1792 .

5. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesGilbert Imlay - Wikiwand

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   Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. embassy to France and became one of the earliest American writers, producing two books, the influential A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, and a novel, The Emigrants, both of which ...

6. hist259.web.unc.edu › marywollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) | Towards Emancipation?

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   During her time in Paris Wollstonecraft fell in love with Gilbert Imlay, an American businessman, author, and diplomat. The couple left Paris and moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, a small French town west of Paris.

7. britishheritage.org › mary-wollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft - British Heritage

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   After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay (by whom she had a daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Wollstonecraft died at the age of 38 leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts.

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   Who was Gilbert Imlay?

   • Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat.

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   Who was Gilbert Imlay in Wollstonecraft?

   • In Wollstonecraft biographies, Gilbert Imlay is the American adventurer who abandoned her after fathering her child. And that’s usually where’s he left. But who exactly was this cad and what did Wollstonecraft see in him? Imlay professed a devotion to ideals that would have appealed to Wollstonecraft, like agrarian utopianism and social justice.

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   Who was Fanny Imlay & what did he do?

   • Gilbert Imlay is best known for his brief affair with British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in the birth of their daughter, Fanny Imlay. Imlay, who was known in his day as a shrewd but unscrupulous businessman involved in land speculation in Kentucky, is the father of Fanny. Little is known of Imlay's early life.

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   Why did Imlay marry Mary Wollstonecraft?

   • Imlay registered Mary Wollstonecraft as his wife at the American Embassy to protect her from the dangers of the French Revolution. Though they never actually married.

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9. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Women and Emigrants: Mary Wollstonecraft and Gilbert Imlay

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   Mary herself became a United States citizen through her American lover, ‘Captain’ Gilbert Imlay, who had fought in the War of Independence although his highest rank was almost certainly only Lieutenant.