Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an 18th-century English aristocrat, writer, and poet best known for her letters from the Ottoman Empire and for introducing smallpox inoculation to Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English aristocrat
human
poet
writer
birthName Mary Pierrepont
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfBirth England
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1689-05-15
dateOfDeath 1762-08-21
era 18th century
familyName Pierrepont
father Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
fieldOfWork epistolary writing
literature
travel literature
genre letters
poetry
travel writing
givenName Mary
honorificPrefix Lady
introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British aristocracy
mother Lady Mary Fielding
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
name Lady Mary Wortley Montagu self-link
nativeLanguage English
notableFor introducing smallpox inoculation to Britain
letters describing life in the Ottoman Empire
notableIdea advocacy of smallpox inoculation
notableWork Turkish Embassy Letters
occupation letter writer
poet
travel writer
writer
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
residence Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender female
sibling Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
surface form: Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
spouse Edward Wortley Montagu
traveledTo Ottoman Empire
wroteAbout Ottoman society
smallpox inoculation practices in the Ottoman Empire
women in the Ottoman Empire

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Augustan literature notableAuthor Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Montagu family notableMember Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Montagu hasNotableBearer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu name Lady Mary Wortley Montagu self-link
Edward Wortley Montagu spouse Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lord Bute spouse Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
this entity surface form: Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bute’s wife’s family)