Author mary shelley biography timeline

Mary Shelley was a nineteenth century author as well as wife of the poet Percy Shelley and the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft.

When and Where was she Born?

30th August 1797, 29 The Polygon, Somers Town, London, England.

Family Background:

Mary Shelley was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the women’s reformer Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother died after complications with her birth on 10th September 1797.

Education:

Local day school’s in London and Miss Pertiman’s boarding School, Ramsgate.

Timeline of Mary Shelley

1799:Samuel Taylor Coleridge comes to stay with her father and she hears a recital of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” for the first time.

1801: Her father remarries to Mrs Mary Jane Vial (also known as Clairmont) who already has two children, Charles and Jane (later known as Claire).

1803: Anthony Carlisle visits her father and recounts experiments which had bee