Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797[1], in Somers Town[2]. She died on February 1, 1851[3], in Chester Square[4]. She worked as a writer[5], travel writer[6], novelist[7], essayist[8], and playwright[9]. She ranks in the top 0.24% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,811 views/month, #2,433 of 1,000,298).[10]
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Mary Shelley has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] She is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
She has been cited as an influence by Ray Bradbury[58], a screenwriter[59], 1920–2012[60], of United States[61], awarded the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[62]; Brian Aldiss[63], a science fiction writer[64], 1925–2017[65], of United Kingdom[66], awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire[67], specialised in journalism[68]; and Álvares de Azevedo[69], a writer[70], 1831–1852[71], of Empire of Brazil[72].
Works attributed to her include Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus[73], a literary work[74], founded in 1816[75]; The Last Man[76], a literary work[77]; Mathilda[78], a literary work[79]; Valperga[80], a literary work[81]; The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck[82], a literary work[83]; and Falkner[84].
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