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Margaret Cavendish

  • Born

    Born Margaret Lucas, she was born into royalty and wealth. As a child, her love for writing was fueled.
  • Exiled with Royal family to France

    It was in France that she met her husband.
  • Met William Cavendish, her husband

    He was a an important figure in her life, as he taght her about science and philosophy.
  • Wrote first book

    Margaret Cavendish has heavily critisized for her books because of the many grammatical and narrative mistakes. She was the first English woman to write philosophy for publication.
  • Wrote Observations upon Natural Philosophy

    This book stated her theory of atoms being "animated with life and knowledge," much against the "dusty atom" theory of current scientists.
  • Dies