Mary Berry (writer, born 1763)

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Mary Berry
From a bust of Mary Berry created by Anne Seymour Damer
From a bust of Mary Berry created by Anne Seymour Damer
Born(1763-03-16)16 March 1763
Kirkbridge, North Yorkshire, England
Died20 November 1852(1852-11-20) (aged 89)

Mary Berry (16 March 1763 – 20 November 1852) was an English non-fiction writer born in Kirkbridge, North Yorkshire. She is best known for her letters and journals, namely Social Life in England and France from the French Revolution, published in 1831, and Journals and Correspondence, published after her death in 1865.[1] Berry became notable through her association with close friend Horace Walpole, whose literary collection she, along with her sister and father, inherited.[2]

  1. ^ "Mary Berry (1763-1852), Writer". National Portrait Gallery, London.
  2. ^ Hartley, Cathy (2013). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 978-1135355333.