# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-stevenson-hewson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:03:00.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-stevenson-hewson"
name: "Mary Stevenson Hewson"
slug: "mary-stevenson-hewson"
description: "Mary \"Polly\" Stevenson Hewson was a self-educated English polymath and friend and correspondent of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin lived in her home as a boarder during both of his stays in London: 1757–1762 and 1764–1775."
tagline: "English woman and friend of Benjamin Franklin"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mary_Polly_Stevenson_Hewson_ca_1770.jpg/330px-Mary_Polly_Stevenson_Hewson_ca_1770.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1739-06-15"
deathDate: "1795-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             20.89041095890411
  historical:           1.545861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Stevenson"
    title: "Polly Stevenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135103426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations