Montagu, Mrs. 1718-1800

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מונטגיו, אליזבת, 1718-1800
Name (Latin)
Montagu, Mrs. 1718-1800
Other forms of name
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1718-1800
Robinson, Elizabeth, 1718-1800
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800
Date of birth
1720-10-02
Date of death
1800-08-25
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Letter writing
Literature
Occupation
Authors
Socialites
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 45200405
Wikidata: Q443320
Library of congress: n 50003803
Sources of Information
  • Blue Stocking Society; informal literary discussion group founded in 1750s England by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey, and others ( ("Blue Stockings Society" via Wikipedia, viewed 22 March 2023) )
  • Mrs. Montagu, 1792(print of engraved portrait by Joshua Reynolds)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National biography, viewed online May 13, 2016(Montagu [née Robinson], Elizabeth (1718-1800), author and literary hostess, was born at York on 2 October 1718, the first daughter and fifth child of Matthew Robinson (1694-1778) of Edgeley and West Layton, Yorkshire, and his wife, Elizabeth (c.1697-1746). Elizabeth Montagu has been called the 'queen of the blue stockings'. Montagu's letters (written over nearly seventy years) are among the most important surviving collections from the eighteenth century. Elizabeth Montagu died at Montagu House [Hill Street, Mayfair, London] on 25 August 1800)
  • The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, 1974
  • LC manual auth. card (Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800)
  • DNB(Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, 1720-1800; authoress and leader of society; elder daughter of Matthew Robinson)