Montagu, Mrs. 1718-1800
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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
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)
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 by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) in 1762.jpg)
Portrait of Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800) by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) in 1762
Allan Ramsay, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson; 2 October 1718 – 25 August 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonnière, literary critic and writer, who helped to organize and lead the Blue Stockings Society. Her parents were both from wealthy families with strong ties to the British peerage and learned life. She was sister to Sarah Scott, author of A Description of Millenium [sic] Hall and the Country Adjacent. She married Edward Montagu, a man with extensive landholdings, to become one of the richer women of her era. She devoted this fortune to fostering English and Scottish literature and to the relief of the poor.
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