Mary Wortley Montagu
Noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762) · United Kingdom · On the map · Historical Figures · Died at 73
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 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.
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Mary Wortley Montagu with her son Edward, by Jean-Baptiste van Mour
Mary Wortley Montagu, by Charles Jervas, after 1716
Memorial to the Rt. Hon. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu erected in Lichfield Cathedral by Henrietta Inge
Alexander Pope declared his love to Lady Mary, who responded with laughter. 1852 genre painting The Rejected Poet by William Powell Frith
Mary Wortley Montagu in 1739
Mary Wortley Montagu in Turkish dress.
The title page of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, published in 1837About this person
Lady Mary joined her husband on the Ottoman excursion, where she was to spend the next two years of her life. During her time there, Lady Mary wrote extensively on her experience as a woman in Ottoman Constantinople. After her return to England, Lady Mary devoted her attention to the upbringing of her family before dying of cancer in 1762.
