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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; née Godwin; August 30, 1797– February 1, 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

August 30, 1797 (53 years old) London, England, UK Died February 1, 1851
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