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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Mary Wortley Pierrepont
Baptized May 26, 1689
Died August 21, 1762 • London • England

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1715; in a private collection
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