# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-randolph
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:46.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-randolph"
name: "Mary Randolph"
slug: "mary-randolph"
description: "Mary Randolph was a Southern American cook and writer, known for writing The Virginia House-Wife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824), one of the most influential housekeeping and cook books of the 19th century. Many of the recipes used local Virginia ingredients including Tanacetum vulgare virginia pudding, pickled nasturtiums and desserts with the native gooseberry. She was the first person known to be buried at what would become known as Arlington National Cemetery."
tagline: "American food writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mrs._David_Meade_Randolph%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_right_profile_LCCN2007677865.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1762-08-09"
deathDate: "1828-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.16
  momentum:             2.88752721115859
  historical:           8.095574666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "మేరీ రాండోల్ఫ్"
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    title: "مارى راندولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mary Randolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Randolph"
    title: "Mary Randolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Randolph"
    title: "Mary Randolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Randolph"
    title: "Mary Randolph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Randolph"
    title: "Mary Randolph"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Randolph"
    title: "Mary Randolph"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump