WRITER

Elizabeth Montagu

1718 - 1800

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Montagu has received more than 147,325 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Montagu is the 5,480th most popular writer, the 4,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 470th most popular British Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 46.05

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  • 17

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  • 3.13

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  • 2.73

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Notable Works

Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings
Memoirs of the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter
The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu
Correspondence, History, Sources
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear
Criticism and interpretation
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear
Letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu
Authors, correspondence, Montague, elizabeth (robinson), 1720-1800
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear
Letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu
Authors, correspondence, Montague, elizabeth (robinson), 1720-1800
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear
Criticism and interpretation
The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu
Correspondence, History, Sources
Memoirs of the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter
Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elizabeth Montagu ranks 5,480 out of 7,302Before her are Guido Gozzano, Jan van Beers, Nh. Dini, Luis Rosales, Henryk Rzewuski, and Carlo Porta. After her are Carl Amery, Julia Navarro, Edward Rutherfurd, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, José Santos Chocano, and René de Obaldia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Elizabeth Montagu ranks 22Before her are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Israel Putnam. After her are John Roebuck, Hugh Blair, and Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1800, Elizabeth Montagu ranks 33Before her are Michael Denis, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, John Rutledge, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Jesse Ramsden. After her are Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Hugh Blair, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Mifflin, and John Blair Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Montagu ranks 4,169 out of 8,785Before her are Skin (1967), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), John Foxx (1948), Herbert Ponting (1870), Myra Hess (1890), and Gavin Harrison (1963). After her are Isaac Pitman (1813), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Peter Osgood (1947), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and Margaret Leighton (1922).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Montagu ranks 470Before her are Richard Hoggart (1918), Kate Atkinson (1951), William Muir (1819), Roger Hargreaves (1935), John Marston (1576), and Emilia Lanier (1569). After her are Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Bruno Heller (1960), Thomas Nashe (1567), Steven Moffat (1961), Robert Herrick (1591), and Antonia Fraser (1932).