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Cavendish, Margaret (1623?-1673)

1,420 words, approx. 5 pages

Cavendish, Margaret(1623?–1673) Margaret Cavendish was born into the Lucasses, a family of English gentry. She does not seem to have had an education that was in any way remarkable for a young ... Read more

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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

973 words, approx. 4 pages

Margaret Cavendish was one of the first prolific female science writers. As the author of approximately 14 scientific or quasi-scientific books, she helped to popularize some of the most important ide... Read more

Margaret Lucas Cavendish

983 words, approx. 4 pages

Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was one of the first prolific female science writers. As the author of approximately 14 scientific or quasi-scientific books, she helped to popularize some of the most i... Read more

Margaret Lucas Cavendish

3,772 words, approx. 13 pages

One of the most prolific women writers in seventeenth-century England, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, published poems, plays, prose romances, science fiction, philosophical treatises, and a... Read more

Margaret Lucas Cavendish

4,166 words, approx. 14 pages

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, was a prolific writer who worked in many genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, letters, biography, science, and even science fiction. Unlike most women of... Read more

Margaret Lucas Cavendish

5,701 words, approx. 20 pages

Margaret Lucas Cavendish, first Duchess of Newcastle, remains one of the most remarkable authors of the mid seventeenth century. Praised by the influential philosophers and university faculty of her d... Read more