Mary Baker Eddy | |
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Born | Mary Morse Baker July 16, 1821 Bow, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | December 3, 1910 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 89)
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Other names | Mary Baker Glover, Mary Patterson, Mary Baker Glover Eddy, Mary Baker G. Eddy |
Known for | Founder of Christian Science |
Notable work | Science and Health (1875) |
Spouses | George Washington Glover
(m. 1843; died 1844)Daniel Patterson
(m. 1853; div. 1873)Asa Gilbert Eddy
(m. 1877; died 1882) |
Children | George Washington Glover II |
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Relatives | Henry M. Baker (cousin) |
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Mary Baker Eddy (nee Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist in New England in 1879, considered the Mother Church of the Christian Science movement. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor in 1908, and three religious magazines: the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science. She wrote numerous books and articles, the most notable being Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and Manual of The Mother Church. Other works were edited posthumously into the Prose Works Other than Science and Health.[1][2]