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1718 – 1800Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800)Died 25 August 1800, aged 81Montagu was an English writer and patron known as the "Queen of the Blues" for hosting London's leading Bluestocking literary salon. Her 1769 essay defending Shakespeare against Voltaire's criticism won her wide acclaim. She used a fortune built partly on coal mining to support a circle of female writers and intellectuals.