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Mary Sidney

1561 - 1621

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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John Bodenham's verse miscellany Belvidere. Her play Antonius (a translation of Robert Garnier's Marc Antoine) is widely seen as reviving interest in soliloquy based on classical models and as a likely source of Samuel Daniel's closet drama Cleopatra (1594) and of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1607). She was also known for translating Petrarch's "Triumph of Death", for the poetry anthology Triumphs, and above all for a lyrical, metrical translation of the Psalms. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Sidney is the 3,716th most popular writer (up from 5,418th in 2019), the 2,943rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,117th in 2019) and the 334th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Sidney ranks 3,716 out of 7,302. Before her are Adam Bohorič, Antonio Palomino, Vassilis Alexakis, Kim Stanley Robinson, Andreï Makine, and Arnošt Lustig. After her are Lope de Rueda, Antun Mihanović, Simin Daneshvar, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Reginald Rose, and Carolina Coronado.

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Among people born in 1561, Mary Sidney ranks 15. Before her are Ii Naomasa, Thomas Fincke, Fukushima Masanori, Adriaan van Roomen, Philippe van Lansberge, and Bartholomaeus Pitiscus. After her is Basilius Besler. Among people deceased in 1621, Mary Sidney ranks 27. Before her are Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Hendrick de Keyser, Ottavio Rinuccini, Pietro Aldobrandini, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, and Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After her is Dirk Hartog.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Sidney ranks 2,944 out of 8,785. Before her are John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Max Horton (1883), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), Neil Young (1944), and John Barnard (1946). After her are Charles Burney (1726), Ray Lankester (1847), Leslie Stephen (1832), John Rutter (1945), Georgette Heyer (1902), and Tommy Flanagan (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Sidney ranks 334. Before her are Alma Reville (1899), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), William Robertson Smith (1846), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Rupert Brooke (1887), and Ian Rankin (1960). After her are Leslie Stephen (1832), Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Anthony Hope (1863), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), and Peter Cheyney (1896).

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