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Mary Fortune

Irish-Australian detective writer
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Mary Fortune

Summary

Mary Fortune is a human[1]. Her place of birth was Carrickfergus[2]. She was born on July 29, 1832[3]. She passed away in Melbourne[4]. She died on November 9, 1911[5]. She worked as a crime fiction writer[6], journalist[7], actor[8], and writer[9]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,278 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Mary Fortune was born in Carrickfergus[2].
  • Mary Fortune was born in Belfast[11].
  • Mary Fortune passed away in Melbourne[4].
  • Mary Fortune was born on July 29, 1832[3].
  • Mary Fortune died on November 9, 1911[5].
  • Mary Fortune held citizenship in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[12].
  • Mary Fortune's professions included crime fiction writer[6].
  • Mary Fortune worked as a journalist[7].
  • Mary Fortune worked as an actor[8].
  • Mary Fortune worked as a writer[9].
  • Mary Fortune's field of work was creative and professional writing[13].
  • Mary Fortune's field of work was prose[14].
  • Mary Fortune's field of work was detective literature[15].
  • Mary Fortune's field of work was poetry[16].
  • Mary Fortune is recorded as female[17].
  • Mary Fortune's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Mary Fortune's family name is recorded as Fortune[19].
  • Mary Fortune's family name is recorded as Wilson[20].
  • Mary Fortune's given name is recorded as Mary[21].
  • Mary Fortune's given name is recorded as Helena[22].
  • Mary Fortune's pseudonym is recorded as Waif Wander[23].
  • Mary Fortune's work location is recorded as Northern Ireland[24].
  • Mary Fortune's work location is recorded as Melbourne[25].
  • Mary Fortune's described at URL is recorded as http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24001/20090202-1137/nfaw.org/womenaustralia/biogs/AWE2873b.htm[26].
  • Mary Fortune's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[27].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[28]

  • Began / founded: 1833[29]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1911[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 73522e0d-2bb6-4b14-9cc7-0206f3c6e69a[31]

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Carrickfergus[2], a town[32], in United Kingdom[33] and Belfast[11], a city[34], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[35]. Mary Fortune was born on July 29, 1832[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include crime fiction writer[6], journalist[7], actor[8], and writer[9]. Fields of work include creative and professional writing[13], an academic discipline[36]; prose[14], a literary form[37]; detective literature[15], a literary genre[38]; and poetry[16], a literary form[39].

Death and Burial

Mary Fortune died on November 9, 1911[5]. She passed away in Melbourne[4].

Why It Matters

Mary Fortune ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,278 of 1,000,298).[10] She is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

Where was Mary Fortune born?

Born in Carrickfergus[2], Mary Fortune…

Where did Mary Fortune die?

Mary Fortune passed away in Melbourne[4].

What did Mary Fortune do for work?

Mary Fortune worked as crime fiction writer[6], journalist[7], actor[8], and writer[9].

Related Entities

Belfast Melbourne Northern Ireland poetry School of Rock United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · BMacZeroBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Northern Ireland, Melbourne
    Field of work → creative and professional writing, prose, detective literature +1
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    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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