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Lady Gregory (1852–1932)

Author of Irish Myths and Legends

Includes the names: Lady Gregory, Lady Gregory, Lady A. Gregory, Augusta Gregory, Isabella Gregory, Lady I. A. Gregory, Isabella A. Gregory, Lay Augusta Gregory, lady Augusta Gregory, Lady Augusta Gregory ... (see complete list), Translator Lady Gregory, Augusta ( Lady )Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory, Augusta - Lady Gregory Gregory

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Canonical name
Lady Gregory
Legal name
Persse, Isabella Augusta (born)
Gregory, Isabella Augusta, Lady
Other names
Date of birth
1852-03-15
Date of death
1932-05-22
Burial location
New Cemetery, Bohermore, County Galway, Ireland
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
Ireland
Country (for map)
Ireland
Birthplace
Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland
Place of death
Coole Park, County Galway, Ireland
Places of residence
Coole Park, County Galway, Ireland
Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland (birth)
Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
Education
home
Occupations
folklorist
dramatist
manager (Abbey Theatre ∙ Dublin)
playwright
writer
Relationships
Gregory, Anne (granddaughter)
Yeats, W. B. (friend)
Martyn, Edward (friend)
Gregory, Sir William Henry (husband)
Organizations
Abbey Theatre (Dublin ∙ Ireland)
Awards and honors
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Short biography
Born into the Anglo-Irish landlord class with a strict evangelical Protestant mother, she became an influential figure in the Irish Literary Revival. She associated with many key writers and artists and made her home into a meeting place for cultural and literary figures such as W.B. Yeats, John Millington Synge, Æ, Sean O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw, and Katharine Tynan. Married Sir William Henry Gregory in 1880, hence known as "Lady Gregory."
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