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Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)

Author of The Blazing World and Other Writings

Includes the names: Margaret Cavendish, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish Newcastle, Margaret Duchess of Newcastle, Duchess of Newcastle Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle, Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle ... (see complete list), Duchess of Newcastle Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Professor Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle

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Canonical name
Cavendish, Margaret
Legal name
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of
Other names
Marchioness of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lucas, Margaret
Date of birth
1623
Date of death
1673-12-15
Burial location
Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
Gender
female
Nationality
England
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Birthplace
Colchester, Essex, England
Place of death
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Colchester, Essex, England
Paris, France
Antwerp, Belgium
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Occupations
poet
philosopher
essayist
playwright
autobiographer
Relationships
Egerton, Elizabeth Cavendish (stepdaughter)
Cavendish, William (husband)
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Short biography
Margaret Cavendish, née Lucas, was born in Colchester, Essex. She went to the court of King Charles I at Oxford in 1640 as a maid-of-honor to Queen Henrietta Maria. In 1645, she married the courtier and author William Cavendish, future 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Between 1654 and 1668, she published more than 14 books; they appeared under her own name at a time when most female writers could only publish anonymously. She died suddenly in 1673 at age 50.
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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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