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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

1689 - 1762

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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 Ottoman excursion, where she was to spend the next two years of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is the 1,498th most popular writer (down from 1,477th in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,136th in 2019) and the 145th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ranks 1,498 out of 7,302. Before her are Veronica Franco, François de Malherbe, B. K. S. Iyengar, Robert Bloch, Robin Hobb, and Ibn al-Khatib. After her are Gustav Landauer, Gampopa, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Mario Benedetti, Olaus Petri, and Régis Debray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ranks 6. Before her are Montesquieu, John V of Portugal, Samuel Richardson, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. After her are Zahir al-Umar, Samuel Bellamy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Blas de Lezo, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Alexis Piron. Among people deceased in 1762, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ranks 12. Before her are James Bradley, Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Francesco Geminiani, and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After her are Tobias Mayer, Jean Calas, Dorothea Erxleben, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Stanisław Poniatowski, and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ranks 1,354 out of 8,785. Before her are Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), David Warner (1941), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), and Thomas Browne (1605). After her are Mark Hollis (1955), Paul Grice (1913), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Clive Owen (1964), and William Smith (1769).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ranks 145. Before her are Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Winifred Wagner (1897), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829). After her are Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Richard Lovelace (1617), John Brunner (1934), and Lord Alfred Douglas (1870).

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