Writing

Mary Shelley

Born August 30, 1797 · London, England, UK

Died February 1, 1851 · aged 53

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; née Godwin; August 30, 1797– February 1, 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philos…