Mary Scott (poet)
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Mary Scott, who became Mary Taylor after her marriage, was an English poet originating from Milborne Port, Somerset. Notable for her literary contributions, Scott authored "The Female Advocate" in 177
Title page of Mary Scott's The Female Advocate (1774)
John Edward Taylor
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John Edward Taylor was an English business tycoon, editor, publisher and member of The Portico Library, who was the founder of the Manchester Guardian newspaper in 1821. It was renamed in 1959 The Gua
Mary Scott (poet)
…to convert to Unitarianism, embraced Quakerism, she underwent considerable strain. Scott gave birth to a daughter in 1789 and a son in 1791 (her son, John Edward Taylor, went on to found the Manchester Guardian). She died late in her third pregnancy, in 1793, at the age of forty-one. Scott, Mary (1775). The Female…
John Edward Taylor