Damaris Masham

18 January 1658 - 20 April 1708

DM , philosophical controversialist of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, was also a memorable writer of familiar letters and witty poetry (both pastoral and satire).

Milestones

18 January 1658

Damaris Cudworth (later DM ) was born in Cambridge, into a large family.

Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989.

2: 470

Probably early 1685

Damaris Cudworth (later DM ) addressed to Locke a long poem wittily discussing the relationship between the sexes; she sent it to him more than a year after writing it, with one of her several allusions to Katherine Philips .

Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989.

2: 759, 793, 795-800

1705

DM published, again anonymously, her Occasional Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life: Abel Boyer erroneously ascribed it to Locke .

English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/, http://estc.bl.uk/.

20 April 1708

DM died at Bath, aged not yet fifty.

Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989.

2: 470

1747

A new edition of DM 's anonymous Christian Life was published as Thoughts on a Christian Life, attributed to John Locke, Esq.

Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989.

2: 471

London Magazine. C. Ackers.

(May 1747): 248

British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo, http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

Biography

Birth and Background

18 January 1658

Damaris Cudworth (later DM ) was born in Cambridge, into a large family.

Locke, John. The Correspondence of John Locke. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Clarendon, 1976–1989.

2: 470