Mary Shelley is a human[1]. Her place of birth was Somers Town[2]. She was born on August 30, 1797[3]. She died in Chester Square[4]. She died on February 1, 1851[5]. She worked as a writer[6], travel writer[7], novelist[8], essayist[9], and playwright[10]. She ranks in the top 0.24% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,007 views/month, #2,433 of 1,000,298).[11]
A notable work attributed to Mary Shelley is The Last Man[27].
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Origins and Family
Mary Shelley was born in Somers Town[2]. She was born on August 30, 1797[3]. Her father was William Godwin[14]. Her mother was Mary Wollstonecraft[15]. English was her native language[24].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include writer[6], travel writer[7], novelist[8], essayist[9], playwright[10], and biographer[25]. Mary Shelley's field of work was fiction[26].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include The Last Man[27], a literary work[28] and Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus[29], a literary work[30], founded in 1816[31].
Recognition
Mary Shelley received the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame[32].
Personal Life
Mary Shelley was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley[16]. Children include Clara Everina Shelley[17]; William Shelley[18], 1816–1819[33]; Percy Florence Shelley[19], a composer[34], 1819–1889[35], of Kingdom of Italy[36]; and Clara Shelley[20].
Death and Burial
Mary Shelley died on February 1, 1851[5]. Recorded place of death include Chester Square[4], a square[37], in United Kingdom[38] and Bournemouth[12], a town[39], in United Kingdom[40], founded in 1810[41]. The cause of death was brain tumor[42]. She is buried at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth[13].
Why It Matters
Mary Shelley ranks in the top 0.24% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,007 views/month, #2,433 of 1,000,298).[11] She has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] She is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
She has been cited as an influence by Ray Bradbury[45], a screenwriter[46], 1920–2012[47], of United States[48], awarded the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[49]; Brian Aldiss[50], a science fiction writer[51], 1925–2017[52], of United Kingdom[53], awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire[54], specialised in journalism[55]; and Álvares de Azevedo[56], a writer[57], 1831–1852[58], of Empire of Brazil[59].
Works attributed to her include Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus[60], a literary work[61], founded in 1816[62]; The Last Man[63], a literary work[64]; Mathilda[65], a literary work[66]; Valperga[67], a literary work[68]; The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck[69], a literary work[70]; and Falkner[71].
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