Mary Howitt
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English poet, and author, editor (1799-1888)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1799
- Died
- 1888
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Wood Leighton
- The children's year
- The peasant and his landlord, or Life in Sweden
- Midsummer flowers for the young
- Mary Howitt's story book
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Mary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly. She was born Mary Botham at Coleford, in Gloucestershire, the temporary residence of her parents, while her father, Samuel Botham, a prosperous Quaker of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, was looking after some mining property. Samuel had married his wife Ann in South Wales in 1796 when he was 38 and she was 32. They had four children Anna, Mary, Emma and Charles. Their Queen Anne hou
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Coleford
- Place of death
- Rome
- Spouse
- William Howitt
- Occupation
- editor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- HowittM0122a.jpg
- Residence
- Hanley
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Mary Howitt
- date of birth
- 1799-01-01
- date of death
- 1888-01-01
- cause of death
- bronchitis
- Commons Creator page
- Mary Howitt
- birth name
- Mary Botham
- described at URL
- lib-ebook.colorado.edu/sca/specialcollections/wprp/420.htm
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- P12749
- Christian Mayer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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