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Full Name
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Mary Darwall
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First Name
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Mary
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Last Name
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Darwall
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Alternative Name
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Mary Whateley (née)
Harriett Airey
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Date of Birth
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1738
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Place of Birth
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Beoley, Worcestershire
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Date of Death
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1825
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Gender
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Female
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Marital status
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Married
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Profession
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Poet, Playwright
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Network
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She belonged to the Shenstone Circle of writers gathered round William Shenstone in the English Midlands.
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William Shenstone Circle:
“Shenstone was a gentleman poet who retreated from London literary society to farm life in 1744 but remained highly regarded”.
“The Warwickshire Coterie’, a local literary circle. The group was centred on Henrietta, Lady Luxborough, and included William Shenstone, William Somerville and Richard Graves. Members of the coterie were highly educated and in tune with new philosophical trends”.