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Mary Martha Sherwood [née Butt]
(1775-1851)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Sherwood, Mrs. (Mary Martha), 1775-1851
DNB:    Sherwood [née Butt], Mary Martha (1775–1851), children's writer and educationist
LBT ID: MaSherw1851    VIAF ID: 49357083    LOC ID: n50024178		B/BAP:   1775-05-06
DIED:   1851-09-20
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The daughter of the poet George Butt (1741-1795); in 1803 she married Captain Henry Sherwood (1776–1849) with whom she traveled to India where she began writing a long and successful series of books for children.
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