Mary Basset

Mary Basset
Born
Mary Roper

c. 1523 (1523)
Died(1572-03-20)20 March 1572 (aged 49)
London, England
OccupationTranslator
Spouses
  • Stephen Clarke
(died 1558)
Children2
Parents
RelativesSir Thomas More (grandfather)
Mary Basset's dedicatory epistle to Mary I of England in her translation of Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History

Mary Basset (c. 1523 – 20 March 1572; née Roper; also Clarke) was a translator of works into the English language. Basset is cited as the only woman during the reign of Mary I to have her work appear in print.[1]

  1. ^ Demers, Patricia (Spring 2005). "Margaret Roper and Erasmus: The Relationship of Translator and Source" (PDF). WWR Magazine. 1 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-06-08 – via CRC Studio.