#OTD
27th October 1561
Mary Sidney was born at Tickenhall, near Bewdley, Worcestershire to Sir Henry Sidney & his wife, Mary Dudley.
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"Wilton House was like a college, there were so many learned and ingenious persons. She was the greatest patroness of wit and learning of any lady in her time."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-s...
✒ #MarySidney Herbert, English poet, was #BOTD 27 Oct 1561. #Poetry #Literature
🎭 #MarySidney, alias Shakespeare est une #conférence #spectacle qui explore avec humour et érudition la parentalité littéraire des œuvres du grand dramaturge anglais.
"And when that heav'nly guest those mortal walls
Had left, it nought but sweetly sleeping was
n her fair eyes, what folly dying calls:
Death fair did seem to be in her fair face."
✒ #MarySidney, English poet, sister of Sir #PhilipSidney #DOTD 25 September 1621. #Literature
#OTD
8th April 1580
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke was born to Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife, Mary Sidney,
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'Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke' Artist: British School Year: c.1590 © Amgueddfa Cymru
#OTD in 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, died at his home, Wilton House, nr Salisbury.
Along with his third wife, #MarySidney, they were patrons of the arts and literature; this was continued by their sons William and Philip, to whom #WilliamShakespeare's First Folio is dedicated.
