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Há 2 dias · Lady Mary Wortley Montagu defied convention by introducing smallpox inoculation through variolation to Western medicine after witnessing it during her travels in the Ottoman Empire. [48] [49] In 1718 Wortley Montague had her son inoculated [49] and when in 1721 a smallpox epidemic struck England, she had her daughter inoculated. [50]
Há 2 dias · Above: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu “The Spirit of God in his saving influences is much withdrawn” The final decades of seventeenth-century England and Wales had seen a distinct decline in public manners and morals. Attestation of this fact is found in both public documents and private testimonies. Here is the witness of one author, the London Baptist minister Benjamin Keach (1640-1704 ...
9 de mai. de 2024 · The beginnings of floriography are often attributed to a woman named Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in the early 1700s. Lady Montagu’s husband was a British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. As a result, Montagu lived in Constantinople from 1716-1718.
25 de mai. de 2024 · A prominent writer and socialite, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is known for her letters and essays, including her “Letters from Turkey.” She is noted for her advocacy of smallpox inoculation, which she observed in Turkey, and for her writings on women’s experiences and rights.
Há 1 dia · Other monuments include those to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1789), the writer, at the west end of the north nave aisle, Andrew Newton (d. 1806), founder of Newton's College in the Close, in the south transept, and Sir Charles Oakeley (d. 1826), governor of Madras, in the north transept.
25 de mai. de 2024 · It was the occasional residence of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who, in her description of the beauties of foreign countries, takes occasion to celebrate the romantic views of Wharncliffe; which is also identified as the scene of the ancient ballad of the Dragon of Wantley.
Há 3 dias · You may be interested in two features Jo has written about her previous biography: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, mental health pioneer and Discovering Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s porcelain.
