O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Mary Evelyn
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Standard Name: Evelyn, Mary,, 1635 - 1709
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Burnet | In ordinary company EB
made no display of her knowledge, but she could talk to eminent churchmen as if she had equally studied the same Subject with them. |
| Friends, Associates | Margaret Cavendish | John Evelyn
, as a member of the Royal Society
, several times visited the Duke
and Duchess of Newcastle
(sometimes with his wife
) to arrange their visit to the Society. Cavendish, Margaret. Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader. Editors Bowerbank, Sylvia and Sara Heller Mendelson, Broadview, 2000. 91 |
| Literary responses | Margaret Cavendish | These verse eulogies or testimonials came from distinguished persons and institutions to whom she had presented copies of her work. It circulated widely: the Dutch poet Constantijn Huygens
owned one of her books. Smith, Emma. Shakespeare’s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book. Oxford University Press, 2016. 92 |
Timeline
19 August 1654: John and Mary Evelyn met an alehouse-keeper...
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19 August 1654
John
and Mary Evelyn
met an alehouse-keeper in Lincoln: a woman six feet two inches tall; the inn's custom relied chiefly on peoples coming to see her on account of her height.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
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1690: A satire on women, Mundus Muliebris: or,...
Women writers item
1690
A satire on women, Mundus Muliebris: or, The Ladies Dressing-room Unlock'd, and her Toilette Spread, by Mary Evelyn the younger
, was posthumously published by her father
.
Whiteman, Bruce. “Institutional Collecting”. Frances Burney and Her Contemporaries: 2004 Burney Society of North America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 7 Oct. 2004.
27 February 1706: John Evelyn, scientific enquirer and man...
Writing climate item
27 February 1706
John Evelyn
, scientific enquirer and man of letters, died. He is now best-known for the diary which was not discovered till a century after his death.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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