Mary Shelley
(1797-1851)
English novelist
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (, ; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 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 feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 30 August 1797 London, England
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1 February 1851 (aged 53) London, England, UK
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Live birth unnamed girl 1st child with Percy Bysshe Shelley Female b. 22 Feb 1815 Age: 210 1815- Celebrity Baby -
Percy Florence Shelley 4th child with Percy Bysshe Shelley Male b. 12 Nov 1819 d. 5 Dec 1889 Age: 70 (at death) 1819-1889 British Baronet
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