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Hace 5 días · He used the house as a spring and summer residence, together with his daughters Mary, before her marriage to Edward Wortley Montagu in 1712, and Frances, who married the Jacobite John Erskine, earl of Mar (d. 1732), at Acton in 1714.
Hace 5 días · In 1845–6 repairs were undertaken by the Mount Street upholsterer Thomas Dowbiggin, for Dr. Edward Dowdeswell, D.D. Then after Dowdeswell's death in 1849 Dowbiggin himself took on the house and laid out at least £1,000 on 'improvements' and 'additions' in 1850–1.
Hace 2 días · 18. yüzyılın başlarında, özellikle 1717 yılında İngiltere'nin Osmanlı elçisi Edward Wortley Montagu'nun eşi Lady Mary Wortley Montagu'nun İstanbul'da bulunduğu sırada, çiçek aşısının (variolasyon) uygulanışını gözlemlemiş ve bu uygulamayı Avrupa'ya tanıtmıştır.
Hace 4 días · An illuminating and beautiful novel which gives a voice to the tragically unremembered yet extraordinary life of pioneering poet and feminist, Mary Wortley Montagu.
Hace 3 días · We may also name among the scholars here, Drs. Fell and Cyril Jackson, both Deans of Christ Church; Philip Henry, the Nonconformist; and the eccentric Edward Wortley Montagu. Of Montagu the story is told that he ran away from the school, and served for more than a year as apprentice to a fisherman at Blackwall; then went back to ...
Hace 1 día · Let’s see what are 10 of the most famous travel books in literature. 1. Journey to the West in the Great Tang Dynasty, by Xuanzang. Often, our Westernizing vision of the world makes us believe that the desire to explore the unknown and, therefore, travel literature, is the exclusive heritage of European travelers. Nothing is further from reality.
Hace 5 días · 2 “ Turkish Culture Through the Eyes of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu” Lady Montagu’s “Letters on Turkish Dress” explores the captivating Turkish culture and fashion as seen through the views of Western women of the 18 th century. Lady Mary Wortley was best known as a letter writer. Her letters gave the audience a look into what was happening around her and her feelings as she traveled ...
