Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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duchess early feminist writer human noblewoman philosopher playwright poet writer

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was a 17th-century English writer, philosopher, and early feminist known for her pioneering works in natural philosophy, science fiction, and literary prose.

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instanceOf duchess ⓘ
early feminist writer ⓘ
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philosopher ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Society ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society of London
birthName Margaret Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth England NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDeath England NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticized mechanical philosophy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1623 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1673 ⓘ
event visited the Royal Society in 1667 ⓘ
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
literature ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
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surface form: Margaret Cavendish
genre drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
utopian fiction ⓘ
historicalContext English Civil War era ⓘ
honorificTitle Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ⓘ
knownFor autobiographical writing ⓘ
early advocacy of women’s education and intellectual participation ⓘ
one of the earliest writers of science fiction in English ⓘ
pioneering work in natural philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
livedIn Newcastle House, London ⓘ
exile in France ⓘ
memberOf House of Cavendish ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ
Philosophical and Physical Opinions ⓘ
Plays ⓘ
Poems and Fancies ⓘ
The Blazing World ⓘ
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalView materialism ⓘ
vitalism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Colchester ⓘ
Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
politicalAlignment Royalist ⓘ
relative Lucas family of Colchester ⓘ
spouse Marquis of Newcastle ⓘ
surface form: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
wroteAbout gender roles ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
politics ⓘ
science and experimentation ⓘ

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