THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797 in Somers Town and died on February 1, 1851, aged 53.
Born
August 30, 1797
Mary Shelley died aged 53.
Died: February 1, 1851
- Birthplace
- Somers Town
- Professions
- poet, biographer, translator, German–English translator, writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, science fiction writer, short story writer, travel writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
More about Mary Shelley
- Zodiac sign
- Virgo
- Birth name
- Mary Godwin
Family
- Mother
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Father
- William Godwin
- Sibling
- Fanny Imlay
- Sibling
- Claire Clairmont
- Spouse
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
All birth date sources
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- BnF authorities
- Babelio
- Roglo
- NooSFere
- Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
- Find a Grave
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- SNAC
- Integrated Authority File
- The Peerage
- A historical dictionary of British women
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Quick answers
When was Mary Shelley born?
Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797 in Somers Town and died on February 1, 1851, aged 53.
How old was Mary Shelley when they died?
Mary Shelley died aged 53.