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
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, 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).
The letters published by Birch reflect an intellect dealing in literary as well as moral debate. To Thomas Burnet of KemnayCT
wrote of religious and philosophical matters; he was her link to currents of...
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Walker
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/.