Elizabeth Montagu

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:associatedWith Bluestocking Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1718-10-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:York,_England
gptkbp:children nan
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:The_Rambler
The World
The Connoisseur
The Adventurer
The_Idler
gptkbp:contribution Promoting women's literary contributions
gptkbp:deathDate 1800-08-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:famousFor Hosting intellectual gatherings
gptkbp:friend gptkb:Frances_Burney
gptkb:James_Boswell
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkb:David_Garrick
gptkb:William_Cowper
Hester Thrale
gptkbp:hasWritten Literature
Philosophy
Social issues
Women's rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elizabeth Montagu
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charlotte_Smith
gptkb:Mary_Shelley
gptkb:Mary_Wollstonecraft
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Anna_Laetitia_Barbauld
gptkb:Elizabeth_Inchbald
gptkb:George_Eliot
gptkb:Jane_Austen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkbp:knownFor Literary criticism
Advocacy for women's education
Cultural commentary
Correspondence with notable figures
Philosophical essays
Social reform advocacy
Influence on 18th-century literature
Promotion of intellectual discourse
Role in the Bluestocking movement
Critique of male-dominated literary circles
Literary salon host
Promotion of female authorship
gptkbp:members gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork An_Essay_on_the_Writings_and_Genius_of_Shakespear
gptkbp:occupation Writer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edward_Montagu