Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
E166311
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu canonical | 5 |
| Mary Wortley Montagu (daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bute’s wife’s family) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1438126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Context triple: [Augustan literature, notableAuthor, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]
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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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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Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and political hostess, best known as the wife of Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder and a member of the influential Grenville political family.
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Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive
Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive, was the wife of British military leader and colonial administrator Robert Clive and a member of the influential Clive family prominent in 18th-century British politics and empire.
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Lucy Montagu
Lucy Montagu was an English aristocrat of the 18th century, best known as the mother of Frederick North, the British prime minister during the American Revolutionary period.
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Mary Sidney
Mary Sidney was an influential English Renaissance poet, translator, and literary patron, best known for her translations of the Psalms and for fostering one of the era’s most important literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Target entity description: 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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A.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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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B.
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham, was an 18th-century British aristocrat and political hostess, best known as the wife of Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder and a member of the influential Grenville political family.
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Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive
Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive, was the wife of British military leader and colonial administrator Robert Clive and a member of the influential Clive family prominent in 18th-century British politics and empire.
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D.
Lucy Montagu
Lucy Montagu was an English aristocrat of the 18th century, best known as the mother of Frederick North, the British prime minister during the American Revolutionary period.
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E.
Mary Sidney
Mary Sidney was an influential English Renaissance poet, translator, and literary patron, best known for her translations of the Psalms and for fostering one of the era’s most important literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English aristocrat
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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
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literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| genre |
letters
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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
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| name | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing smallpox inoculation to Britain
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letters describing life in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| notableIdea | advocacy of smallpox inoculation ⓘ |
| notableWork | Turkish Embassy Letters ⓘ |
| occupation |
letter writer
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poet ⓘ travel writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| residence |
Constantinople (probable)
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surface form:
Constantinople
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
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surface form:
Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
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| spouse | Edward Wortley Montagu ⓘ |
| traveledTo | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Ottoman society
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smallpox inoculation practices in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ women in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
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Subject: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
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