Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Damaris Masham
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Standard Name: Masham, Damaris
Birth Name: Damaris Cudworth
Married Name: Damaris Masham
Pseudonym: Philoclea
Pseudonym: Clora
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).
He then, however, on 21 September 1691, married again. His second wife, Margaret Masham
, was perhaps a sister-in-law of the writer Damaris Masham
. Anthony Walker died some time shortly before 18 April 1692.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Anthony Walker
death
John Locke
JL
, philosopher, scientist, and political and religious thinker, died at the home of Sir Francis
and Damaris Masham
: Oates, High Laver, Essex.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
12: 34
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.